The*Minnesota*Wild organization does things just a little differently than other teams. Rather than relying heavily on the CHL or the European leagues, the Wild has drafted many players bound for U.S. colleges in recent years. This affords the team additional flexibility with contracts and salary while also potentially yielding professional assets who may have had a longer developmental timeframe (Erik Haula is the big success story so far).
Last year’s rough season for the Iowa Wild may have been at least partially attributable to the developmental gap arising from this draft-and-follow strategy.… read more
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