“Just so we all understand, this is not a rebuild.”



Those are the words of Craig Leipold in a video message that was emailed to Wild season-ticket holders Thursday along with their renewal information in an effort to reassure fans, who have packed Xcel Energy Center for 220 consecutive regular-season sellouts, to “stay with us.”



In the midst of a roller coaster season that has included serious, long-term injuries to Matt Dumba and Mikko Koivu and the trades of Nino Niederreiter, Charlie Coyle and Mikael Granlund, the Wild owner expressed to fans that the recent moves were designed to make the team better for now and in the future, to create salary-cap space that will be reinvested in the team and to retool and reinvigorate an aging lineup.



“We are building on the fly, and that’s kind of our mantra right now,” Leipold said in the video.



Leipold’s message comes at a stressful time for the...