Wild had some interesting changes today. A very large portion of the development and scouting staff has been the same from the Doug Risebrough through the Chuck Fletcher years. Obviously many of the draft picks floundered and the team has had some serious troubles developing talent.
All those guys ran the draft this week, with Fenton designating "I want a forward this round" and then the staff picking their guy. It sounds like Fenton only overrode them and pushed for a specific player twice. McBain and Khovanov (coincidentally my two favorite picks of the draft).
Today, a bunch of the scouting and development staff lost their jobs. Idk if fired or just not extended or what, but they gone.
Wild also hired on a new AGM, who is from Minnesota and has been in the Tampa organization for years. He will now be running the AHL team, which has been a dumpster fire since Fletcher was GM.
So net positive moves overall. Though they come secondary to what still appears to be a botched 1st round draft pick this year. Oh well.