Pronman's grades for the Wild by year since he began:
2015: B-
2016: C+
2017: B-
2018: C
2019: B
2020: B+
2021: B
2015 and 2017 were graded the same. NHLers from...
2015: Kaprizov, JEE, Greenway.
2017: Mason Shaw (if he can get and stay healthy).
I have no idea what he was thinking grading 2017 a B-, even after reading his explanation.
2019 and 2021 were graded the same as well, but are too recent to make a judgement on.
Of the drafts where he gave some level of "C", since that's relevant to us today, we got...
2016: Kunin and Duhaime
2018: McBain and Dewar
Those are both significantly better than 2017's B-.
It seems evident to me that his grades have no predictive power. He has an obvious system whereby he gives lottery teams A's, and everyone else B's and C's (in rare circumstances D's, if they had few picks, and all outside the first 2 rounds). This means that he gets a lot right, like the A- 2016 Flames draft class, but gets a lot of them wrong too, like the A- 2016 Oilers draft class.
"Fun" fact, he gave the 2016 Canucks a B+ on the strength of their Juolevi pick. He gave the 2020 Wild a B+ on the strength of their Rossi pick. Both draft teams were led by Judd Brackett and both lottery picks have struggled.
(Before anyone says anything, I'm aware Brackett left Vancouver because, I've been told, his draft decisions were being overrode by the GM. That doesn't change the fact.)
Also, sorry that I'm a square.