Article: Wild signs Lemaire to multiyear extension; Minnesota's coach was in the final year of his contract, but now will remain with the team for this season and at least two more.(SPORTS)

Byline: Kent Youngblood; Staff Writer

Every day he goes to practice he's excited, happy.

There is joy. This is Jacques Lemaire's word. The only coach the Wild has had sees hard work, talent, an upside for his team. So how could he walk away?

He couldn't. Which is why, once Lemaire and Wild president and general manager Doug Risebrough sat down and talked, it took almost no time to ensure Lemaire would be around for a long time.

"I worked to get to this point," Lemaire said Wednesday, after the announcement of his multi-year contract extension. "And I think in the future - the near future - we'll see exactly where this group is going to ...

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