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In what was already a shockingly busy late July week in the hockey world, the Minnesota Wild truly made waves in relieving Paul Fenton of his duties just over 13 months into the job. It of course makes sense to move on from a guy who lost — or at best drew even — in every trade he made during that time, whose signings underwhelmed, let go of arguably the best analytics team in the biz, and whose management style (like letting his 33-year-old son with minimal experience run the draft) apparently bothered most everyone he worked with. Team owner Craig Leipold is getting his fair share of the slings and arrows this week, mostly for just hiring the wrong guy in the first place and not really giving any “hockey people” a say in the matter.
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