((HT: CP))Last summer, the Minnesota Wild talked Jacques Lemaire into returning as coach. This time, they might have to be more persuasive.This has been a trying winter and spring for Lemaire ((pictured, thanks Bruce Kluckhohn/NHLI-Getty)) and the Wild, who entered the final weekend of the regular season with a faint hope of reaching the playoffs but haven't put together a three-game winning streak since before U.S. Thanksgiving.They've been hampered by injuries to important players, slow development of recent first-round draft picks, and persistent inconsistency that frustrates the discipline-driven coach like no other flaw.Not only is the future of star forward Marian Gaborik in question with free agency looming in a few months, but the only bench boss this franchise has ever had is not guaranteed to be back for training camp next fall.The 63-year-old Lemaire, in the Hall of Fame for his eight Stanley Cups won and 835 career points as a player with Montreal, has taken three teams ...
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