The Minnesota Wild are deep into their search for their next general manager after abruptly firing Paul Fenton in July after just one season at the helm.

One of the top candidates emerging for the job is a former Devil.

According to a report from The Athletic, former Devil and current Pittsburgh Penguins assistant general manager Bill Guerin was in Minnesota for a second interview with the Wild on Thursday.

The report said Guerin has now met with the team twice, despite some other potential candidates still waiting to talk with the Wild for the first time.

Guerin, who was drafted by the Devils with the fifth overall pick in the 1989 NHL Draft, played eight seasons in New Jersey and won the 1995 Stanley Cup. He has been a member of the Penguins front office since 2011, when he was brought on by current Devils GM Ray Shero.

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Guerin was promoted to assistant GM in 2014 following Shero’s departure, and he has also become GM for the Penguins’ AHL team.

While Guerin may be emerging as the frontrunner for the job, other candidates are still being considered, and according to The Athletic, current Devils assistant GM Tom Fitzgerald may be one of them.

Fitzgerald interviewed for the opening in 2018, and he was considered one of the final candidates before the Wild ultimately hired Fenton.

But this time around, Fitzgerald hasn’t sat down for a formal interview, according to The Athletic. The report said after Fitzgerald was interviewed extensively last offseason, the Devils may have declined permission to have Fitzgerald go through another full round of interviews after doing so one year ago. If the Wild decide Fitzgerald is the best man for the job, that may change.

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