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Article: WILD INSIDER; Wild's GM not tipping trade hand; Doug Risebrough talks as though he's holding onto his top stars as the deadline nears.(SPORTS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- March 2, 2009
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Byline: MICHAEL RUSSO; STAFF WRITER
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Doug Risebrough said his motivation is not to trade goaltender Niklas Backstrom as Wednesday's trade deadline approaches, but the Wild general manager quickly added that he doesn't "want to be hung with that."
"How can I begin to think I'm going to compete for a playoff spot by trading Backstrom?" Risebrough said. "Now, that's showing you my motivation. I don't know what somebody else's motivation is. To say `never' is illogical, and I don't want to be hung with that because I don't know what somebody might offer me.
"If somebody says, `I really want to overpay,' well, then what ...