Speculation: HFWild Mock Draft Pick #5

[Digitalbooya]

Kirby Dach won the third poll by a slim margin. Who do you think Minnesota should take #5 overall?

The idea here is to create a Minnesota Wild big board for the draft.

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Vote for who you think it is and then give recommendations on who to add for next poll.

1. Jack Hughes (95%)
2. Kaapo Kakko (93%)
3. Dylan Cozens (36%)
4. Kirby Dach (37.5%)
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[57special]

The run on C's continues. They are clearly the most valuable position to own quality at, and the Wild need some young quality there like they need to breathe. Can you imagine having a young Staal and Mikko on this team?

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

My would-be #4, Turcotte.

 

[2Pair]

Turcotte, for the 4th straight time

 

[57special]

Looks like Turcotte has this one.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Would start adding players like Kaliyev, Harley, Dorofeyev, Brink, and Suzuki pretty soon.

 

[BlackBusa24]

after watching some tape. Honestly I think podkolzin may be the star of the draft. Although admittedly I do have a tendency towards Russian players. I still like Hughes and kako is ok, but I'm just not wowed by them. So I guess that's my vote

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

after watching some tape. Honestly I think podkolzin maybe the star of the draft. Although admittedly I do have a tendency towards Russian players. I still like Hughes and kako is ok, but I'm just not wowed by them. So I guess that's my vote

Guy plays the right way. I just don’t understand why he’s not producing

 

[BagHead]

Guy plays the right way. I just don’t understand why he’s not producing

Reminds me of German Rubtsov that way. That was a guy I did not want the Wild to draft because I just didn't trust a guy that looked great, but didn't put up points. I still don't know whether I was right or wrong about him.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Reminds me of German Rubtsov that way. That was a guy I did not want the Wild to draft because I just didn't trust a guy that looked great, but didn't put up points. I still don't know whether I was right or wrong about him.

Yeah I was never a huge fan of Rubstov. Podkolzin on the other hand produces well at international events, better than well actually; however, his production in the MHL, VHL, and KHL leaves a lot to be desired. In the MHL he has 7 points in 12 games. Dorofeyev, projected to go much lower than Podkolzin, has 31 points in 19 games in the same league. Kravtsov whom went 9th to the rangers in 2018 was producing better than podz in his D-1 season. Even Kaprizov was producing better in his draft season; he was putting up respectable numbers in the KHL.

 

[57special]

Well, if Podkolzin falls down to where we are picking, then we'll probably have to pick him, but it sounds unlikely.