 Much of this was in part due to a lack of scoring and overall team offense, and the injuries to star forward Marian Gaborik, who only played 17 games.Jacques Lemaire, head coach of the Wild since the team's inception in the 2000–01 season, resigned at season's end.General manager Doug Risebrough was later fired, leading to a nearly complete turnover in the Wild's coaching and hockey management staff.