Lemaire Leaves Wild... Montreal Next...?

Sid Hartman of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune caught up with Minnesota Wild GM Doug Risebrough after Jacques Lemaire announced he was resigning his post as Head Coach. Risebrough was surprised with Lemaire's decision and the way it came about.The team is scheduled to have a Monday afternoon presser to formally announce the deal and discuss their future head coach and franchise direction...It should not have been a surprise to see Jacques Lemaire step down as Wild coach. He did it before in Montreal after the 1984-85 season, and after the 1997-98 season at New Jersey, when he led the Devils to the Stanley Cup in 1994-95.But Wild president Doug Risebrough said he was surprised in the way Lemaire quit, telling the Wild beat writers after a season-ending victory in Columbus that he wasn't coming back next season.Risebrough expected that he and Lemaire would wait a couple of weeks, then have a meeting as they have done after other seasons."I did not know Jacques was going to q...