It was supposed to be his final stop. Matt Cullen was back to his home state for one last hoorah and help take the Wild to the promised land. By promised land, I mean passed the 2nd round at the very least. Let’s be honest anything better than that, is new territory for this team. That didn’t happen of course, and the terribly disappointing season came to an end for the Wild and inevitably the end of Cullen’s career. Woah, hold on their little Betty, it ain’t over.
On opening day of free agency, the Penguins came calling and Cullen couldn’t pass up the offer to join them again.