Hey everyone. This is Chip Scoggins, filling in for Russo while he gets some much deserved time on the beach in Hawaii.

Just got off the phone with Wild assistant general manager Tom Lynn, who said he has accepted Chuck Fletcher’s offer to remain in the same role. The two talked this morning and came to an agreement.

“I was told when I talked to him that he wants me to stay on,” Lynn said by phone from Houston. “He likes the work we do here. Chuck and I have known each other for years as assistant GMs working that side of the business. He said he liked the operation and he wanted me to stay on in my current role. We had a good conversation.”

I asked Lynn about his disappointment over not getting the job versus being able to stay in a place that he clearly likes.

“The best way to put it is I had gone to tell Craig [Leipold, Wild owner] that if wasn’t going to be me I thought Chuck was the best guy out of the people who were mentioned as potential finalists in the paper and everything else,” Lynn said. “I told Craig that and he laughed because that was his guy at the time. I think there is a measure of encouragement that he got the right guy. Someone I can work with and someone I look forward to working with. As far as the disappointment part, I’ve been saying for nine years since I came here that my main goal in hockey is to get my name on the Stanley Cup. And I would rather be on the Cup as an assistant GM than a GM on a losing team.”

Lynn said the particulars of his job still need to be discussed with Fletcher, mainly who will be the chief contract negotiator, which is something Fletcher also enjoys.

“We’ll sit down next week and [discuss] my responsibilities,” Lynn said.

Lynn said it was an easy decision to stay on in his current role rather than look for a fresh start somewhere else.

“I already knew from the start of the process that I wanted to stay on if Chuck was the GM,” he said. “I knew the type of people Craig was interviewing and talking to were all people I could work with. Obviously you know I love Minnesota. It was more than easy. It was what I wanted to do.”

We’ll be back after the press conference with reaction and quotes from Fletcher and Leipold.

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