As the Wild enter their most important offseason in years in an attempt to end their streak of postseason absences at one, the team’s analytics department is suddenly in a state of flux.



One month after lead hockey researcher Andrew C. Thomas didn’t have his contract renewed, Thomas’ longtime cohort, hockey operations analyst Alexandra Mandrycky, has turned down a new contract and will leave the organization when her contract expires at the end of June, The Athletic has learned.



Mandrycky’s husband, Christian, is finishing his Ph.D. in bioengineering at the end of this year and is beginning his search for post-doc positions. Since being hired in Jan. 2016, Mandrycky has split her time between Saint Paul and their home in Seattle. Rather than limiting where her husband can find a job, Mandrycky has decided she’s not ready to commit to remaining with the Wild, team spokesman Aaron Sickman said Wednesday.



General manager Paul Fenton...