Lose Rolston? Gain Brunette?

As much as i hear the echo's of Steve Levy's voice in my head saying.......... Andrew Brunette and the MN Wild are moving on , I just dont understand the strategy. I love A.B but i also think B.R was the 2 best player on this squad and to not get him resigned is a joke. So in reality we actually lost offensive power (which was'nt much to begin with)

They also blow the O.J from Flordia, trade Rolli,Voros,Fedryuk, and i posted a couple days ago about this,  but i think i might change my mind.....We will probably not sign Pierre Marc Bouchard considering we already tried to throw him in the Flordia trade. I guess what im saying is I think Doug the head and Kevin Mchale are having weird slumber parties at there homes????? Why is it that almost every GM that controls MN sports Sucks! ZIGGI YOUR MY HERO! GO WILD!

B) Andrew Brunette is a good addition. Not only can he score 20 goals, but he's a fan favorite. Losing Brian Rolston didn't make too many fans happy, but getting our playoff hero back might call the dogs off - for now. I also like the addition of Marek Zidlicky, he's a tough defenseman who can also score some goals.

C) The names you listed for Olli Jokinen - Pierre-Marc Bouchard among them - hopefully come back. I'm a huge Bouchard fan, and he's been one of the biggest constants for the Wild in the past couple of seasons. If they don't re-sign him - they have the money to do it - I'd be very disappointed.

For a guy who's done with Minnesota sports, ya sure post a lot:)  I like the Brunette pickup (should never have let him go in the first place) and don't mind the fact that the Wild didn't re-up Rolston for a contract that'll keep him playing until he's old enough to be Keith Carney's father.

I sure hope Risebrough has some kind of plan for using some of that cap space to upgrade the team, though.  Losing Aaron Voros and Todd Fedourk is a bummer; Fedoruk was doing a fine job of getting involved in the offense and setting up screens in front of the net.  Suddenly, the Wild have gone from the Seventh Street Bullies to the Kellogg Boulevard Cocoa Puffs in terms of toughness.  If Dougie doesn't use a good chunk cash to cement Pierre-Marc Bouchard to a multiyear deal, and also get some more Mark Parrish type players on our roster, the team of 18,000 natives are going to start getting restless.