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| 17th June, 2009 - 3:13 am |  AP - Todd Richards has returned home to coach the Wild, and the Minnesota native brings with him the promise that the team will play a more exciting, up-tempo style..
“You always imagine yourself or picture yourself as a star in the NHL,” Richards said. “I wasn’t able to do that, but other avenues have opened up for me and this has been a great opportunity.”
He’s the latest hire with limited NHL coaching experience, a line on the resume that was far less important to new Wild GM Chuck Fletcher than philosophy, intuition, and personality.
“I truly believe that talent is the most important thing. … How you deal with people, how you communicate, how you get the players to buy in and execute, your understanding of the game, your integrity,” Fletcher said. “I think your skill set and your overall talent takes precedence over experience.”
Richards was introduced Tuesday as the second head coach in the franchise’s nine-year history. [READ] |
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