Paul Fenton has begun his long-anticipated Wild front-office shakeup.



Two of Monday’s most notable dismissals involved two people that had a combined service time with the organization of 23 years.



Shep Harder and former Wild forward Andrew Brunette, who served as predecessor Chuck Fletcher’s co-assistant general managers during Fletcher’s final season as GM, were both fired. Andrew C. Thomas, one of the Wild’s analytics experts, was also let go.



All three have contracts that expire June 30.



“I want to thank Shep Harder, and I want to thank Andrew Brunette, whom I’ve known for a long, long time, for their service here — their long service here — and their commitment,” Fenton said Tuesday. “It’s just when a new general manager comes in, at times there are going to be changes, and these are the changes that are there.”



After Fenton became the Wild’s third GM in...