Blog Philosophy

The main point of this blog is to provide a one-stop location for fans of the Minnesota Wild to follow their prospects. Of particular note are the embedded statistics for each of the players provided by hockeydb.com or eliteprospects.com. Indeed, the website was first put together so the author could more easily follow prospects that had not yet made the MN Wild roster! Hockeydb.com and eliteprospects.com do not have all of the prospects and their statistics on one page. Other features will be provided on the blog in the future and will likely include statistics of players who are on the Iowa Wild of the AHL or the Orlando Sun Bears of the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) or the Quad City Mallards of the Central Hockey League (CHL).

Occasional blog entries will also be present on a variety of topics that move beyond prospects, but are certainly limited to hockey. Blog entries aren't always comprehensive and may certainly omit some points/analysis for brevity.

The author doesn't pretend to be an expert nor have the time or ability to watch every Canadian Hockey League, American Hockey League, East Coast Hockey League, etc, game. The author does, however, certainly feel that he knows quite a bit about hockey. Much of his commentary is as a result of reading a lot of news articles from mainstream media such as tsn.ca, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, the St. Paul Pioneer Press, etc... The author does NOT merely repeat what other blogs or others in hockey forums write as he has noticed a lot of moronic opinions out there... The author's views and predictions will sometimes differ than major media reports such as Michael Russo, but he does not have access to professional scouts, players or management officials to make more informed predictions some matters.

Comments -positive or negative, though always civil- on blog entries, or other features are welcome and encouraged.

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2015 Draft Prospects

As expected, the Minnesota Wild focused on forwards and selected a goalie.  They had a 1st, 2nd, 4th 6th and two 7th round picks.  They traded with Boston to acquire a 5th round pick -the expense was next year's 5th round pick.  I like the move because they used it to acquire a fast scorer, although he is from Russia, so who knows if he stays in the KHL or tries North America.

FIRST ROUND
Joel Eriksson Ek, Center



SECOND ROUND
Jordan Greenway, Left Wing



FOURTH ROUND
Ales Stezka, Goalie



FIFTH ROUND
Kirill Kaprizov, Left Wing



SIXTH ROUND
Nicholas Boka, Defense



SEVENTH ROUND
Gustav Bouramman, Defense



Jack Sadek, Defense

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