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- Nov 16, 2005
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With the team's largely Québécois scouting staff and its strong ties in and around the state of Minnesota, it makes sense that many of the Wild's junior prospects are found playing in those developmental channels.
Although top pick Matt Dumba could have played another year with Red Deer of the WHL, the players the Minnesota Wild drafted out of the rich pools of British Columbia and Alberta have ended up in U.S. college hockey, leaving western Canada a terra incognita this season. Players going the college route also means that the junior prospects appear less promising for the Wild than they have in past years, since their time of arrival as professionals is several years in the future.… read more
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