Chuck Fletcher

The NHL Draft will be held tonight and tomorrow at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. The Wild have the 10th overall pick in the first round in tonight's draft. Minnesota has 6 picks in the 7-round draft. The Wild don't have a 2nd rounder and have 1 pick in the remaining 6 rounds. Wild General Manager Chuck Fletcher says this is a deep draft class.

The Minnesota Wild fired head coach Todd Richards Monday. General Manager Chuck Fletcher may have bought himself some more time with this decision. Richards and Fletcher were each hired 2 years ago and both have spent the last 2 seasons missing the playoffs and not making a noticeable improvement.