2022 NHL Draft Thread: And with the 12th pick, Minnesota Selects..

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Well, 2021 draft went pretty well in my eyes. Atleast we probably don’t have to worry about taking a goalie in the first round again for a while. I’ll leave this here:

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[Minnewildsota]

12th pick? Obviously you haven’t been reading the forums. We’re destined for #1…. For years to come.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

12th pick? Obviously you haven’t been reading the forums. We’re destined for #1…. For years to come.

Nobody in Minnesota believes we’re lucky enough to ever win a lottery, so I doubt anyone thinks we’re picking #1

 

[AKL]

Nobody in Minnesota believes we’re lucky enough to ever win a lottery, so I doubt anyone thinks we’re picking #1

I'm fully expecting between 12 and 15.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

I'm fully expecting between 12 and 15.

12 just feels right to me. There will be some good players there, but it sure would be nice to get a franchise defining player.

 

[Drewcifer]

The central might be trash this year so I think there is a pretty good chance the Wild make the playoffs. Colorado is good. Dallas is good every other year and this is an up year. Besides that nobody else really stands out as a dangerous team.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

The central might be trash this year so I think there is a pretty good chance the Wild make the playoffs. Colorado is good. Dallas is good every other year and this is an up year. Besides that nobody else really stands out as a dangerous team.

St. Louis is good. Winnipeg, with an improved defense, is good. Nashville is better than us.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

St. Louis is good. Winnipeg, with an improved defense, is good. Nashville is better than us.

Chicago has a few wildcards

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Chicago has a few wildcards

Yeah, I could see them being better than us too. Still can’t see us being a bottom 7 team though.

 

[Minnewildsota]

Then we’ll get a good draft pick. Which is what most people on the forum seem to want?

I’m sure there will be complaints about that too.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Then we’ll get a good draft pick. Which is what most people on the forum seem to want?

I’m sure there will be complaints about that too.

And then I guess what counts is whether it was intentional or not.

 

[Prior]

Still a lot of work to be done and variables unknown.

Defense is largely known at this point which will be a significant downgrade. Extremely thin for capable replacements as well. This will likely bleed into goaltending which will likely see a dip in quality.

If Fiala and Kaprizov are back, they team should be able to continue to score at last year’s levels. Not sure they will be able overcome the dips on the other ends without a significant add at center.

Chicago has a lot of unknowns. They could surprise. I don’t see Dallas or Nashville as particularly impressive. Think the Wild are on par with those three and looking up at the others for now.

 

[MNRube]

Suter, Soucy, Parise, Bonino, Mojo

for

Rossi, Goligoski, Boldy, Addison, Kulikov


I’ll take the bottom group any day. Goligoski can still play and there is at least one star between the 3 prospects.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Anybody from around the area ever watch Ryan Chesley play growing up? From Mahtomedi if I remember correctly. I’ve heard some people say he’s the best Minnesota born player in a long time.

Speaking of Minnesota players, I saw Maddox a few times when he was at Shattuck. Looked like someone who has a real good shot to be an NHLer to me.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Anybody from around the area ever watch Ryan Chesley play growing up? From Mahtomedi if I remember correctly. I’ve heard some people say he’s the best Minnesota born player in a long time.

Speaking of Minnesota players, I saw Maddox a few times when he was at Shattuck. Looked like someone who has a real good shot to be an NHLer to me.

Looks like a few good prospects out of the 2021-22 U17 team. Probably not to the 2019 level but better than this year it seems.

 

[Prior]

I’ve never seen him but from what I’ve heard from people who have seen him around here before going the NTDP route is he about the best true skating talent to come through MN in quite some time. Other tools not near up to par.

 

[Dickie Dunn]

In Timberwolves fashion, they will get the 12th pick in an 11 player draft and so on. Destined to forever fog the glass and not go to the party.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Looks like a few good prospects out of the 2021-22 U17 team. Probably not to the 2019 level but better than this year it seems.

Logan Cooley is somebody whose popped out at me watching the WJSS. I’d keep an eye on him as someone we could get in the 5-10 range of the draft.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Logan Cooley is somebody whose popped out at me watching the WJSS. I’d keep an eye on him as someone we could get in the 5-10 range of the draft.

Just numbers-wise, this Howard guy with 54 in 34 looks pretty nice compared to Boldy (76 in 61) and Zegras (59 in 56).

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Just numbers-wise, this Howard guy with 54 in 34 looks pretty nice compared to Boldy (76 in 61) and Zegras (59 in 56).

I saw him play at Shattuck as well when he was playing Bantams. Small guy, looks like he’s grown a bit. Really good scoring instincts I think. He’ll probably go lower than the numbers would suggest. Scouts don’t often take players that lack size and aren’t great skaters in the top 10. I think he’s fine, but a lot of scouts feel like when you’re picking in that range that there will be somebody there that is a real good skater so why pass on that.

 

[keppel146]

Stealth tank? We need a top 10 pick next year

 

[MuckOG]

I like the Finn with the American name

 

[Puhis]

I like the Finn with the American name

Brad Lambert? He's got a Canadian dad. Old man Lambert apparently spent most of his career playing hockey in UK of all places and, well, seems like he bagged a Finnish lady on the way. The result is a kid that's pretty good at this hockey thing.

 

[DeagleJenkins]

Anybody from around the area ever watch Ryan Chesley play growing up? From Mahtomedi if I remember correctly. I’ve heard some people say he’s the best Minnesota born player in a long time.

Speaking of Minnesota players, I saw Maddox a few times when he was at Shattuck. Looked like someone who has a real good shot to be an NHLer to me.

I saw an early mock have us draft Maddox

 

[keppel146]

At least 2022 is loaded with centers. Maybe BG and the team are legit looking at that, which is a bummer, but let’s hope they can still pull a rabbit out of a hat this summer