The Wild are in the midst of a seven-game losing streak and have a 5-10-4 record. General manager Bill Guerin viewed this unacceptable for a team that made the playoffs in all of the past four seasons and decided it was time to let Evason go. Assistant coach Bob Woods was also relieved of his duties.

Evason joined the Wild as an assistant in 2018. He took over as interim head coach during the 2019–20 season before being given the job on a full-time basis. His head coaching record with the Wild is 147-77-27 in the regular season and 8-15 in the playoffs.

“Dean did an excellent job during his tenure with the Minnesota Wild, especially as head coach of our team,” Wild general manager Bill Guerin said. “I am very thankful for his hard work and dedication to our organization.”

The Wild hopes that Hynes can provide a positive shock for the underperforming team and get them back in the playoff hunt. The 48-year-old coach was without a job after being fired by the Predators at the end of the last season. He has a coaching record of 284-255-63 with the Predators and the New Jersey Devils.

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“I want to thank Zach and Ryan for everything they did for our organization over the past nine seasons, both on and off the ice,” said team owner Craig Leipold in a statement. “They were tremendous ambassadors for our team and helped us win a lot of games. I wish them nothing but the best going forward.”

Parise and Suter both had four years left on matching 13-year, $98 million contracts. According to ESPN, both players still want to play and will hit the free agency market.

The Wild, on the other hand, are looking to reshape their team and will use the created cap space to extend their young stars Kirill Kaprizov and Kevin Fiala. The move also gives the team two additional protected spaces ahead of the upcoming expansion draft, considering that Parise and Suter couldn’t be moved due to clauses in their contracts.

Since joining the Wild, Parise and Suter helped the franchise to establish itself as a perennial Stanley Cup playoffs participant. In nine years of the duo’s stay in Minnesota, the Wild only missed the postseason once. Still, they never managed to make a deep run, failing to progress past the second round in eight attempts.

Parise played a total of 558 games with the Wild, scoring 199 goals and adding 201 assists for a total of 400 points.

Stutter contributed 369 points (55 goals and 314 assists) in 656 games. He also made three All-Star appearances and had one First All-Star Team selection while in Minnesota.

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The Wild are in the midst of a seven-game losing streak and have a 5-10-4 record. General manager Bill Guerin viewed this unacceptable for a team that made the playoffs in all of the past four seasons and decided it was time to let Evason go. Assistant coach Bob Woods was also relieved of his duties.

Evason joined the Wild as an assistant in 2018. He took over as interim head coach during the 2019–20 season before being given the job on a full-time basis. His head coaching record with the Wild is 147-77-27 in the regular season and 8-15 in the playoffs.

“Dean did an excellent job during his tenure with the Minnesota Wild, especially as head coach of our team,” Wild general manager Bill Guerin said. “I am very thankful for his hard work and dedication to our organization.”

The Wild hopes that Hynes can provide a positive shock for the underperforming team and get them back in the playoff hunt. The 48-year-old coach was without a job after being fired by the Predators at the end of the last season. He has a coaching record of 284-255-63 with the Predators and the New Jersey Devils.

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“I want to thank Zach and Ryan for everything they did for our organization over the past nine seasons, both on and off the ice,” said team owner Craig Leipold in a statement. “They were tremendous ambassadors for our team and helped us win a lot of games. I wish them nothing but the best going forward.”

Parise and Suter both had four years left on matching 13-year, $98 million contracts. According to ESPN, both players still want to play and will hit the free agency market.

The Wild, on the other hand, are looking to reshape their team and will use the created cap space to extend their young stars Kirill Kaprizov and Kevin Fiala. The move also gives the team two additional protected spaces ahead of the upcoming expansion draft, considering that Parise and Suter couldn’t be moved due to clauses in their contracts.

Since joining the Wild, Parise and Suter helped the franchise to establish itself as a perennial Stanley Cup playoffs participant. In nine years of the duo’s stay in Minnesota, the Wild only missed the postseason once. Still, they never managed to make a deep run, failing to progress past the second round in eight attempts.

Parise played a total of 558 games with the Wild, scoring 199 goals and adding 201 assists for a total of 400 points.

Stutter contributed 369 points (55 goals and 314 assists) in 656 games. He also made three All-Star appearances and had one First All-Star Team selection while in Minnesota.

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