Andrew Brunette did not know what was going to come next. It was a feeling he had before: When he retired from the NHL after 1,110 games and 268 goals in 2013, he thought about coaching, going to work in a front office or maybe even getting on television — just something to stay in the hockey world. This time was different. It was 2019 and the Minnesota Wild — the team with which he became a cult hero, fan favorite and even, on a couple different occasions, a captain — cast him aside as part of a front-office purge. After two different stints in the Wild’s front office and one as an assistant …
