Charlie Coyle and Nino Niederreiter were once seen as core young pieces for the future of the Minnesota Wild. Coyle is the latest to leave, with Ryan Donato arriving in town yesterday in return.
It all begs the question as to who you think that Paul Fenton is building the team around. Obviously, there’s the burdensome contracts of Zach Parise and Ryan Suter that mean both are core pieces whether the he likes it or not.
It’s not necessarily a bad thing either; both Parise and Suter have shown this season that they can certainly still keep up in the NHL.