The Wild are kind of a mess. Not a bad team but not getting better and the Parise and Suter contracts are going to be major hindrances in the coming years. This would be one of the more difficult jobs to inherit because it's clear ownership believes making the playoffs is not good enough but there's not the talent there to become a true cup contender and those contracts are going to make things very difficult when attempting to improve the team via free agency and trade. They really need to knock some drafts out of the park and find some big contributors on ELC's.
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