The Minnesota Wild are going full steam ahead with a plan to develop their team through the draft and with youth. Owner Craig Leipold is behind GM Chuck Fletcher with this plan so the Wild will now concentrate on the draft rather than throwing money away on expensive free agents who are past their prime. It could be two-three lean years in the Twin Cities but this is the best way to attempt to win the Stanley Cup as improving through the draft seems to be working under the new collective bargaining agreement. "This is all about winning the Cup. And I don't think in past years we've done a good job of really determining how we're going to get from Point A to Point B to Point C," Leipold said. "We are now seeing a clear path of how we could get there. I absolutely believe in it. No question. Are we better next year? Yeah, I think so. But I know we're better the year after, and we're a lot better the year after that."