Leipold, Wild hungrier for deeper playoff run

The Star Tribune details how the Minnesota Wild has overhauled its roster in the past two years, including the trade deadline day acquisition of Matt Moulson. 

“Last year we made the playoffs, and that was really good,” team owner Craig Leipold said. “We didn’t do well in the playoffs. Now we’re looking past that. Making the playoffs again is going to be great, and that’s what all the teams are trying to do. But we’re hungrier than just making the playoffs. We want to get past the first round.”

And the overall goal remains one specific target.

“When we talk in our organization about what is our strategic plan, our plan is to win the Stanley Cup,” he said. “We made a step last year. Now we need to make another step this year. We can’t trade any of our young players that we think are going to be a huge part of winning that Stanley Cup. We were able to accomplish that and still get a great player [Moulson] and a player who we think can take us to another step. That’s why we did the trade. It’s not so we make the playoffs, it’s so we get to go further.”

Source: Chip Scoggins, Star Tribune