Twins and Wild: New Faces
June 17, 2009
This is a bit of a grab bag of stuff that should probably end up filling out a post.
Wild hire Richards as Head Coach:
So we’re shaking the Penguins tree to see what falls to us in the front office, apparently. Todd Richards was a minor league coach for the Penguins before moving up to assistant coach of the San Jose Sharks. He’s had success everywhere he’s coached, so we’ll see how he does with a roster that (at least partially) wasn’t designed with his systems in mind. This hiring isn’t terribly surprising as new Wild GM Chuck Fletcher comes from the Pens organization and worked with Richards whilst there. As far as organizations to pilfer from, it doesn’t get much better than the current holders of the Stanley Cup.
A note from Russo at the Strib points out that Fletcher will have his name on the Cup as part of the Penguins. That’s pretty efficient work, he’s hired as the Wild GM, and within a month he’s got his name on the Stanley Cup. A sign of things to come?
