I do know their fans aren't the biggest fan of Broten anymore because I remember at some event after the Wild came into the league he took off his shirt and revealed a Wild jersey and pretty much claimed he was a Minnesota wild fan now.
I've been trying to find what event this was though since it would be fun to see.
Their fans were never fans of Broten... he was traded away part way through heir first year there.
The event you speak of though was Dec 17th, 2000... Wild's first home game vs the Stars. He came out on one of the arena upper corner stages wearing a Stars jersey... took it off revealing a Wild jersey, threw down the Stars jersey and jumped on it.
Broten was a North Star and played every level of hockey in his life in Minnesota. Of course he's a Minnesota hockey guy first and foremost. That goes without saying.
I always said, it shouldn't have been #1 retired when the Wild came into the league, they should've retired #7 to honor what Broten did for Minnesota hockey in general.