The Minnesota Wild will be standing relatively pat following an early exit from the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
That was the message delivered by general manager Chuck Fletcher on Tuesday, with the caveat that the hockey world is headed for an interesting offseason with the addition of the Vegas Golden Knights and a salary cap that isn't expected to rise all that much.
Fletcher: "Wholesale changes? Absolutely not. [However] there's going to be changes with the salary cap and expansion." #mnwild
— Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) April 25, 2017
The Wild were eliminated in five games by the St. Louis Blues, but Fletcher appears to at least somewhat agree with head coach Bruce Boudreau's assessment that the better team lost.
"(We've got) a good group and a good team," Fletcher added, per Chad Graff of The Pioneer Press. "We've just got to keep pushing.
"People don’t want to hear about the regular season, but it’s still an 82-game, six-month picture," he continued. "We were a remarkably consistent team. We took a lot of steps this year."
The Wild finished fifth overall in the regular-season standings with a team-record 106 points.
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