We're already impressed with his 1.30 points per game as a WHL rookie, but he was trending even better before his calf got cut at the World Junior Championships. The plan is to convert the 6'3" winger to center full-time, feeling a strong belief that his good skating, great playmaking, and strong two-way play will translate to the role. In the end, we passed on them all to take Honzek for the upside potential. Also, we had our eye on defenseman Mikhail Gulyayev and power winger Quentin Musty here, as well. We considered Danielson, a great skater, in this spot. The Pick: Samuel Honzek, LW, Vancouver Giants (WHL) McKenzie's best available player is a center, however, as 16th-ranked Nate Danielson is still available. Also gone are Calum Ritchie and Otto Stenberg. Oliver Moore went at 12th overall, followed by Brayden Yager at 16th. Unfortunately, a lot of our best-case centers are gone already. When Joe Pavelski left with injury, the Stars backfilled with Roope Hintz and Tyler Seguin, with Jamie Benn, Wyatt Johnston, and Radek Faska able to play the pivot as well.Ĭenters create options, so it's a good idea for Minnesota to focus on them, particularly when they've been rolling with Ryan Hartman and Freddy Gaudreau in their top-9.
The Dallas Stars ousted the Wild in the playoffs last year partially because of their options down the middle. It's not ideal to gun for one position in the NHL Draft, but if you're going to do it, looking for the "Best Available Center" is probably the way to go. We run the draft once and let the chips fall where they may.
We've also turned the randomness factor up slightly, though not as much as we did Monday, when we took a look at best-case scenarios. Since McKenzie's rankings are collected from the hockey world, they tend to line up the most with the actual draft order. Again, we're using the Draft Prospects Hockey draft simulator, which allows us to use Bob McKenzie's rankings. Can we find a player the Wild will take for a second year in a row? We'll find out. The Wild scooped him up in the sixth round, meaning we at least had some idea of what Minnesota might have been looking for in the draft. We didn't nail down the Liam Öhgren/Danila Yurov first-round duo, but we pegged Servac Petrovsky as a potential pick. Last year on Draft Day, we ran a seven-round mock draft for the Minnesota Wild, pinpointing players we felt could be good fits in St.
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