{"id":27720,"date":"2018-04-23T13:31:44","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T17:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=27720"},"modified":"2018-04-23T13:31:44","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T17:31:44","slug":"minnesota-wild-fire-gm-chuck-fletcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/04\/23\/minnesota-wild-fire-gm-chuck-fletcher\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Wild Will Not Renew Contract of Chuck Fletcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/wild\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Wild<\/a> have announced that they will not renew the contract of executive\u00a0vice- president and general manager <strong>Chuck Fletcher<\/strong>. Fletcher has been the general manager of the Wild for the last nine years. The team made the announcement on their official Twitter account.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mnwild?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#mnwild<\/a> owner Craig Leipold announced the organization will not renew the contract of Executive Vice President and General Manager Chuck Fletcher \u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PjYXn3rU5p\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/PjYXn3rU5p<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5H65dDAQUw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/5H65dDAQUw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mnwild\/status\/988454523894054912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 23, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1>Chuck Fletcher and Minnesota Wild Part Ways<\/h1>\n<p>The Minnesota Wild have parted ways with general manager and executive\u00a0vice-president Chuck Fletcher. This season the Wild went 45-26-11 and were third in the Central Divison. The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/\/2018\/04\/21\/winnipeg-jets-first-ever-series-win\/\" target=\"_self\">Wild fell in five games to<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/jets\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Winnipeg Jets<\/a> in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Over his nine years as general manager of the Wild, they went 359-265-80. His greatest season was during 2012-13 when the Wild went to the Western Conference Quarter-Finals but lost to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/\/nhl-teams\/blackhawks\/\" target=\"_self\">Chicago Blackhawks<\/a> in four games. The Wild have made the Stanley Cup Playoffs in the last six years. This the longest playoff streak in Minnesota\u00a0Wild team history.<\/p>\n<p>One of his biggest moves he made as general manager was signing forward\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/parisza01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zach Parise<\/a><\/strong> and defencemen<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/suterry01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Suter<\/a><\/strong> to matching 13-year, $98 dollar contacts back in 2012. Fletcher also made a strong move in signing centre\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/staaler01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eric Staal<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to a three-year deal in 2016. Staal has seemed rejuvenated in Minnesota. His best trade was likely the move to acquire goaltender <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/dubnyde01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Devan Dubnyk<\/a><\/strong> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/\/nhl-teams\/coyotes\/\" target=\"_self\">Arizona\u00a0Coyotes<\/a>. Dubnyk would go on to become a top goaltender in the league, and a Vezina-nominee in Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>Before joining the Wild in 2009 he was the assistant general manager under<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/penguins\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a>\u00a0general manager <strong>Ray Shero<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h1>What This Means for the Team&#8217;s Future<\/h1>\n<p>After firing Fletcher the club announced that <strong>Brent Flahr<\/strong> will be the team&#8217;s interim general manager.\u00a0 Flahr has been Fletcher&#8217;s, right-hand man since July of 2009.\u00a0I want to thank Chuck Fletcher for his substantial contributions to our franchise over the past nine years,\u201d owner Craig Leipold said in a statement. \u201cThrough his strong work ethic, integrity and vision, Chuck and his staff built a winning culture and a perennial playoff team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"afgnNOX6REVX33DkPaA74Q\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/496450186\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'afgnNOX6REVX33DkPaA74Q',sig:'IfZYqLlIk7eHnaVOAGMh1KB8iTEX_v121E9P0zr1wvM=',w:'594px',h:'404px',items:'496450186',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minnesota Wild have announced that they will not renew the contract of executive\u00a0vice- president and general manager Chuck Fletcher. Fletcher has been the general manager of the Wild for the last nine years. The team made the announcement on their official Twitter account. 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