Wild won't renew GM Chuck Fletcher's contract

Chuck Fletcher's tenure as general manager of the Minnesota Wild is over, as the club revealed Monday that it will not renew his contract.

The search for a new GM will begin immediately. Brent Flahr, the team's senior vice president of hockey operations, will serve as acting GM until a replacement is found.

Wild owner Craig Leipold said Monday that the coaching staff will remain in place, according to The Athletic's Chad Graff.

Minnesota made the playoffs in each of the last six seasons, but lost in the first round in each of the last three years and failed to advance past the second round on Fletcher's watch.

Fletcher shaped the Wild roster for the last nine campaigns after being hired in May 2009.

He signed forward Zach Parise and defenseman Ryan Suter to dual 13-year, $98-million contracts on July 4, 2012, and drafted the likes of forwards Mikael Granlund and Jason Zucker (2010), as well as blue-liners Jonas Brodin (2011) and Matt Dumba (2012).

Fletcher also acquired goaltender Devan Dubnyk from the Arizona Coyotes for a third-round pick in 2015.

He was the second GM in Wild history after Doug Risebrough.

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