Non-Playoff Morning Papers (Friday Edition): Reaction to Risebrough firing

Here are the morning papers for the teams that did not make the playoffs:

• Terry Frei talks about the Avalanche’s draft possibilities in this morning’s Denver Post.
• Craig Leopold says that his decisiion to fire Wild GM Doug Risebrough was not on impulse.  Patrick Reusse was not impressed by Risebrough’s excuses over the years for his team’s performance.  Sid Hartman doesn’t share Reusse’s sentiments.
• Playoff hockey on the Island!… AHL playoff hockey.
• Matt Gilroy is getting more press than Bobby Orr in his prime.