Wild's eight-game road losing streak leads to closed-door meeting

After vocal pats on the back over the past few weeks produced a 3-8 overall record, Wild coach Todd Richards decided Tuesday that it was time to kick a little butt.

[J-No]

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[MN WILD FN]

Dump the garbage (sheppard and puelout) how ever that clowns name is spelled. Theyre both busts, get rid of them.

[Ten years of Sorrow]

MN WILD FN wrote:

Dump the garbage (sheppard and puelout) how ever that clowns name is spelled. Theyre both busts, get rid of them.

Again, weren't you the one who wanted Gaborik, Lemiere & GM gone?

Looks like you get what you asked for and don't even lie dude!!!!

[MJW]

I have been talking long and hard with my buddies about this – how long before the Wild scrap everything and start fresh? Boogaard doesn’t have a place on the team anymore (nobody to protect, no need for an enforcer that does nothing else on a bad team) other than a fan favorite. He should be playing defense – if I thought he could skate backwards, but he can barely stand up on skates. Why doesn’t he try to be like
We owe it to Backstrom to trade him to get some fresh talent in here. How good would he be in Philadelphia or if Washington struggles with their goaltending and how bad could we use some of their talent? Backstrom has to be frustrated and could fetch a high price at trade deadline.
Is Richards any good or is this not his fault? Can players who play for a guy/coach/system for a long time adjust quickly to another coach or not?
How about Burns? How much could we get for him post concussion and poor start?
How about Bouchard? He would be awesome as a set up man out east where he could feed guys the puck, especially on the powerplay. Imagine Bouchard playing in Pittsburgh (Trade for Staal?).
I am glad Johnsson’s contract is over this year, we had too much money tied up into that guy, Jesus.
I know the fan base will hate it, but maybe we get rid of Koivu, we aren’t winning with him, right?
All I am asking is, is it possible we sell all the pieces we have and hang on for a few years like Chicago, Philadelphia, Tampa Bay, etc. and build this thing back up? I hope so, this is getting too boring, like watching the expansion years, painful!!
Are we going to cut ties with Gillies, Shepherd, Pouliot? Do they have any trade value? Are they getting any better? All I read in the paper is that they get benched again in hopes of “sending a message” or “getting the point.” Three misses on draft picks can’t happen. And I didn’t even bring up Theilen.

I am done – sorry I had to rant and get some things off my chest.