Hopefully he’ll do well, except when they play the Sharks. ;)

I’m sad that he’s leaving (since I actually liked him), but I hope he does well in Minnesota, except against the Sharks of course.

Now, who’s going to replace him as assistant coach? Ricci? Or maybe JR will retire and take a place behind the bench, lol.

It could be a “trap!”

Sorry, what with it being Minnesota I had to throw that in there.

C/O Pollak.

I chose not to wait. Sorry Wild. :(

At least the Wild won’t be so boring to play against- they’ve mentioned before that they want to take the organization in a different direction, and with Richards on board I doubt we’ll see any more Admiral Ackbar in good ol’ Minn-e-sota.

Good luck next year Todd.

The Wild have a good base of talent, they’ve struggled though cause Lemaire’s style hampered the development of some of their top offensive talents (imo). They have Backstrom inked and the $$ with Gaborik (probably) off their books, and now they have a young, offensive-minded coach in Richards. I fully expect they’ll challenge for the NW next year. It’s crazy to think that the only team in the NW who doesn’t really have a chance to win the division next year is Colorado. Gah, the West is so stacked in every division.

unless doug wilson shoves an m80 up our roster’s posterior Islanders style, I see no threat to the Sharks’ hanging up another worthless division banner EXCEPT in the case of Jonas Hiller playing like he did in the 1st round all regular season in 09-10’ AND Doug Wilson placing an even smaller explosive in the roster’s unmentionables. We are by far in the race for the weakest division in hockey. The Southeast definitely is making the case for only second worse.

Also, what this has to do with mini-Todd grabbing a head coaching gig in Jason’s home state. I have no idea. I think I’m commenting on the wrong article. Also, thresher needs to me made staff simply because of the seals logo.