Proposal: Who do you want the wild to select in the 1st round this year?

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Interested to see what other wild fans see in some of the prospects. I’ve been really excited for this years draft and am ecstatic we are possibly going to get a top 10 pick.

Let’s assume we select 10th

I would want us to select Kirby Dach. I’ve watch a few of his games and several shift by shifts online. He’s a center with great skill and insane playmaking ability. He’s such a smooth player and he is the type of player who can quarterback a power play from the halfwall. With granlund gone, it would be nice to bring in a good playmaker to center guys like Fiala and Kaprizov for years to come.

I know it’s just a highlight tape, but this will give more of an idea of what I’m talking about. He reminds me of Blake Wheeler.

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[MuckOG]

Whoever it is, it's vital they get it right.

 

[AKL]

Jack Hughes

 

[keppel146]

Any forward. 10 is pretty optimistic, but I hope it happens.

 

[Dickie Dunn]

One of the fast guys.....Turcotte, Zegras or Newhook. Dach looks like he would go higher but if he is there he would be an easy pick.

 

[PuckInTheNards]

Was reading a bit about Cole Caufield. Guy is a scoring machine but is only 5'7". Thoughts?

 

[57special]

Best C available, unless it's Suzuki. One of Dach, Cozens, Zegras, Turcotte, Krebs, Newhook. If there is a run on C's then that probably means that there is a very good scoring wing available like Podkolzin or Boldy. I am more uncertain of Caufield and Kaliyev, and would entertain trading down to around#18 or so if we could snag another 2nd, with which we could hopefully get Brink or something like that.

Would also pick Byram if he is still available, but that is highly unlikely. We don't need him, but the talent would be too great to ignore.

Wild need a smart, ice general with offensive chops who can make others better. Sort of like a faster, or stronger, Granlund. We've got solid two way forwards in Ek, Greenway, and Kunin, and hopefully Donato, Fiala, and Kaprizov provide goal scoring in the future. We need an orchestrator.

 

[Digitalbooya]

I guess it really depends on who is available...
Draftsite has:
1. Hughes
2. Kakko
3. Podkolzin
4. Cozens
5. Dach
6. Boldy
7. Zegras
8. Turcotte
9. Broberg

If these are the first nine picks in the draft then I take Krebs.

Honestly, HFWild should do a mock draft type deal for each pick.

 

[TaLoN]

I haven't taken a deep dive on the draft this year yet. All I know, we need to keep adding puck skills to the lineup.

 

[Saga of the Elk]

Tankathon | 2019 NHL Draft Order & Lottery Simulator

Wild need to drop more games, plain and simple. And pray.

 

[Digitalbooya]

Tankathon | 2019 NHL Draft Order & Lottery Simulator

Wild need to drop more games, plain and simple. And pray.

That site has Turcotte going 12th to Minnesota. That would be a dream.

 

[Twoods1623]

If we picked 12-14 and all of the top 10 guys have been taken, we would still have a shot at a good player. It depends on how risky you want to be. We could go boom or bust with Kaliyev/Caufield, or pick Newhook who is a position of need and he slots right in that range in the draft (Give or Take). Dream scenario in that pick range would be one of the top 10 pick centers drops out to the 12-14 picks, like Turcotte, Zegras, or Dach. Likelihood of that happening is pretty much zero, but anything could happen. Hopefully BPA for our first 3 picks 2 of them would be centers.

 

[Jaykay]

That site has Turcotte going 12th to Minnesota. That would be a dream.

I think there's zero chance Turcotte doesn't go in the top 5, he'd be the guy I'd want though.

 

[Twoods1623]

What boom or bust prospect would you guys feel the most comfortable with picking in the first round?

 

[DeagleJenkins]

if we lose out there is a good chance we can fall to 8th at the highest. I would love to get Turcotte.

 

[DeagleJenkins]

What boom or bust prospect would you guys feel the most comfortable with picking in the first round?

Caufield.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Tankathon | 2019 NHL Draft Order & Lottery Simulator

Wild need to drop more games, plain and simple. And pray.

Why are we picking after Florida?

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

What boom or bust prospect would you guys feel the most comfortable with picking in the first round?

Kaliyev

 

[57special]

Tankathon | 2019 NHL Draft Order & Lottery Simulator

Wild need to drop more games, plain and simple. And pray.

Amen.

 

[57special]

Why are we picking after Florida?

It's based on PPG, and we win the ROW tiebreaker. It'll all sort itself out when we have played an equal amount of games, but in general, we pick lower if we tie with FLA.

 

[Digitalbooya]

What boom or bust prospect would you guys feel the most comfortable with picking in the first round?

Definitely Caufield. Goal scorer's touch.

 

[57special]

I would rather trade Zucker for a mid 1st(18-24) and pick one of Caufield, Brink, Kaliyev. All of them have question marks.

 

[Minnewildsota]

A good player.

 

[keppel146]

I’m scared of Arthur kalyiev or whatnot. Seems like a bad skater?

 

[DeagleJenkins]

I’m scared of Arthur kalyiev or whatnot. Seems like a bad skater?

have you seen his skating? his highlights indicate he has above average speed. defense is his knock which may not be an issue at all once he gets drafted.