Update: The Minnesota Wild made it official. Still no word yet on a replacement.
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It looks like the Minnesota Wild have no love left for Mike Yeo on Valentine’s Day weekend.
Apparently an eighth consecutive loss (falling to the Boston Bruins) was the final straw, as Yeo has been fired, according to Chad Graff of the Pioneer Press and Michael Russo of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.
Yeo confirmed as much via text (pauses for comment about this being a strange time for us all) to Russo:
Via text, Mike Yeo confirms he has been fired by the #mnwild
— Michael Russo (@RussoHockey) February 14, 2016
The Wild haven’t made an official announcement yet. The writing certainly seemed to be on the wall with Graff reporting that there were especially long meetings between Minnesota management and Yeo after today’s loss to Boston.
Since 2016 began, the #Wild have fallen apart (going 3-12-4). Over the last 14 in that span it's been even more dire pic.twitter.com/8fOEJr8XZg
— StatsCentre (@StatsCentre) February 14, 2016
Yeo mentioned that he wouldn’t quit following the game.
One big question remains: is GM Chuck Fletcher safe to work the trade deadline or will there be sweeping changes for the struggling Wild?
#MNWild GM Chuck Fletcher's statement via a team release. pic.twitter.com/HgxN4x2vg1
— Chad Graff (@ChadGraff) February 14, 2016
Also: who coaches them going forward? Will an assistant be bumped up to interim head coach or will the franchise go to someone looking for a gig? Perhaps this option ...
With Mike Yeo fired, you have to wonder if John Torchetti, the AHL Wild coach in Iowa, is the obvious replacement?
— John Shannon (@JShannonhl) February 14, 2016
Who knows, really. PHT will keep you up to date either way.
/paging Jacques Lemaire ...
Mike Yeo was 173-132-44 with the #mnwild
— Michael Russo (@RussoHockey) February 14, 2016
