I think Leipold’s response is fine. If fans want to email the big boss and bitch about stuff, it looks like they’re gonna get it right back, and I’m fine with that. I’d rather he be direct and call people on what they say rather than being a diplomatic doormat.

Why the hell is someone who hasn’t had season tickets for two years and won’t even watch the WIld on TV anymore even bothering to write in? You’ve washed your hands of the team. Go enjoy your rodent hockey. We’ve got MORE than enough people bitching who DO pay to see the team and watch every game.

As to your first question, if the Flames were as mediocre and unlikely to make a cup run as the Wild are, and Iginla were coming back within the next couple of weeks anyway, I doubt Sutter would try to replace him at the deadline. Particularly at the cost of prospects and picks.

that there is nothing wrong with his responce to the fan. I still take issue with the team doing nothing, at least not to collect assets to improve the team next year and in future years. we have done an excellent job of reducing the number of draft picks that we have next year, while failing to develop any real talant in the farm system, other then Harding that is. In addition We haven’t done any thing to really improve the team in years. We consistantly fail to attract top FA talant, to resign our own top talant. the later is in part because we fail to aggreassivly persue long term contracts with our top talant before their walk year. thats why we are paying so much for Backs. if we had persued him in the off season, we could have signed him for a lot less.

So if I email Leipold, he will actually answer? Interesting.

I like the bluntness of his response, as Ms. C says. However, telling me that they are the division champs while they sit in 11th place doesn’t do much for me. While I agree that complaining to the big boss after you just told him that you have already given up on his product does little more than make the emailer sound like a whiner, I also feel like Leipold could have given a better justification. He seems to me to be a fairly smart guy, and could have done better than a simple brush off.

If Iginla goes down, and Sutter finds out he is going to miss the amount of time Gaborik has, I don’t think Sutter waits to replace him at the deadline. Not to mention that there likely is no replacement for Iginla, but I think he goes and gets someone. They also have other guys who could step up in Squid, Todd “The Idiot” Bertuzzi, they had Lombardi… they could likely get by, and yes, win a division without Iginla.

My opinion on where the Wild would be with Gaborik in the lineup is clear, so I won’t harp on that. The response from Leipold certainly gives the impression that he is at least content with what DR is doing, and that frustrates the hell out me, but it is still a business, and he does still need to defend the actions of the team publicly.

So… I guess I am torn at this point. I feel Leipold could have put together a better response, and still have been just as blunt. I feel he is wrong in defending the actions (or inactions) of DR, but understand why he has to do so. Is he happy with mediocrity? That is yet to be seen. If he allows DR to continue with the current track, then I think he is completely happy with it. If he makes some changes in the front office, then maybe I buy he isn’t happy.

Ugh. I didn;t know what to make of Leipold when he bought the team, and this didn’t help much.

Or some Dopey intern responding to that.

WHEN ASKED QUESTIONS.. THIS OWNER AND GENERAL MANAGER DO MORE TAP DANCING THAN FRED ASTAIRE AND GENE KELLY COMBINED!!!.. WE ARE PRACTICALLY LAST IN THE NHL IN GOALS SCORED…. THAT EQUALS BORING HOCKEY! THEIR APPROACH IN TO PLAY TO GAME TRYING NOT TO LOSE!! WE KNOW HOW THAT WORKS…. NOT VERY WELL…THEY ARE IN DENIAL!!! HEADS ARE IN THE SAND! FINGERS ARE IN THE EARS.. BLA BLA BLA…. I CANT HEAR YOU…
i SICK OF THE WILD AND THEIR CRAP… MAYBE THEY’LL MOVE THE TEAM TO LAS VEGAS..LOL