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Wild GM Bill Guerin explains coaching change: 'You can't trade 23 players'
S.Chen3 months ago
Wild President of Hockey Operations Bill Guerin felt "something had to change" as the team spiraled into a seven-game losing streak. "You can't trade 23 players," Guerin said. So, the Wild instead changed the look behind the bench, ushering in John Hynes after firing Dean Evason and Bob Woods on Monday. "The coaches can't go out and execute for the player and play," Guerin said after the Wild introduced Hynes at Xcel Energy Center on Tuesday morning ahead of hosting the Blues this evening. "But it just didn't feel like it was going to come back. What I was seeing I think it had just gotten to that point where almost no matter what they did, the guys were having a hard time executing and generating and generating offense." Hynes won't be the only new face leading the Wild. The team also promoted Patrick Dwyer from their American Hockey League affiliate to be an assistant on Hynes' staff. "You're not going to come in pregame skate and change a bunch of things," Hynes said. "I think that's for a practice day. But to me, the most important thing is meeting them, getting their minds right, have an opportunity to talk to them, let them stay in their routines and make sure that we're ready with the right mindsight at play time."
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