Prospect Info: HF Wild NHL Draft Big Board Pick #4

[Digitalbooya]

Going till our 2nd round pick (#45).

This is a draft board for the Minnesota Wild. We, as a collective, are the GM and scouting department tasked with ranking the players for the upcoming draft.

Who is the #4 player on our draft board?


1. Malkin Celebrini (100%)
2. Ivan Demidov (83.3%)
3. Artyom Levshunov (81.8%)
4.

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[Digitalbooya]

This is where the fun begins after the tier 2 break. Could be any single one of Dickinson, Buium, Lindstrom, Silayev, Parekh or Catton IMO. Not too different in value for any of them.

Went with Dickinson. 6’3” LHD and arguably the best at playing defense in the entire draft. Our defense needs size and quality level of play. He’s perfect to take over for Brodin on the top pair.

Buium would be an excellent option to mesh with Faber as well.

 

[Sweetnut]

Digitalbooya is out to lunch. We need Parekh to play with Faber in our future cup run!

 

[57special]

Digitalbooya is out to lunch. We need Parekh to play with Faber in our future cup run!

Two RHD together on a pairing?

almost went Yakemchuk, but chickened out.

 

[Sweetnut]

Two RHD together on a pairing?

almost went Yakemchuk, but chickened out.

It's not unheard of

 

[57special]

It's not unheard of

extremely rare.

 

[Sweetnut]

extremely rare.

We'll show 'em how it's done

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Buium.

Because 'Murica.

I have Levshunov, Buium, Dickinson and Catton as my Tier 3 group.

 

[f7ben]

This is where the draft gets interesting. I went Dickinson.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

By the way, I don't really know what to make of it, but I'm pretty sure that the list of players that scored 50+ goals and 110+ points in their drafts years in the CHL in the last ~20 years are as follows:

Crosby
Kane
Tavares (D-1)
Bedard
Catton

Other players (McDavid) may have been prevented from doing so due to games played, but I'm pretty sure that this is the list.

 

[Circulartheory]

This is where the fun begins after the tier 2 break. Could be any single one of Dickinson, Buium, Lindstrom, Silayev, Parekh or Catton IMO. Not too different in value for any of them.

Went with Dickinson. 6’3” LHD and arguably the best at playing defense in the entire draft. Our defense needs size and quality level of play. He’s perfect to take over for Brodin on the top pair.

Buium would be an excellent option to mesh with Faber as well.

I'm already at tier 2 after Demidov (or technically tier 3 if Celebrini is by himself) and this tier is huge....going all the way down to about 10-12. So some guy ranked 12 will be ranked 3 by others.

Give me Silayev, the mobile 6-7 unicorn of a defenseman, can make solid outlet passes and plays against men with regular minutes. Give him a year or two to cook and then you play him against top offensive opponents.

My next d-men rankings are:
Silayev
Buium
Dickinson
Parekh
Yakemchuk
Jiricek

 

[MNRube]

I’ve been on the Buium train all year, but Silayev is a clear #2 for me in this class. He’s no Tyler Myers or Risto — he can really skate and he’s 6’7. I am surprised he isn’t getting more love from Wild fans. Imagine him and Faber patrolling the blueline for the next 10-15.