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Age: 29 Free Agency: N/A, With Rossi on the mend, Boldy ascends to the top prospect on the Trade Value List. Stats: 26 GP, 4 G, 7 A They have many wingers coming up through the system, and Greenway will get expensive after next year. If a team wants a defenseman who doesn’t do much else but allows fewer chances than he generates, Cole’s a decent target. Is he untouchable? Iowa Wild : AHL : 14 : 3 : 1 : 4 : 0.29 : 0 -5 : 31. ‎Show Straight From The Source with Michael Russo: A show about the Minnesota Wild, Ep Matt Hendricks updates Wild fans on the teams top prospects. If he was being asked for as a key piece in a deal for a top-line center, he’d be moved. Stats: DNP His trade value would be much, much higher if not for the no-move clause. 86 … It’s going to take that kind of move to pry Fiala out of Minnesota, especially if he goes on a run in the second half of the season. Luke Johnson (C) Iowa Wild : AHL : 2 : 0 : 1 : 1 : 0.50 : 5 : 0 : 36. Position: Center His mixture of scoring and defensive attributes gives him a John Carlson-like play and is likely to have a long, successful, NHL career. Three Minnesota Wild prospects will be taking part in the 2021 NCAA Frozen Four this week, representing three of the four teams remaining. He’s picked up some points and is cheap, but his lack of speed hurts his on-ice and trade value. They stood pat this […], Photo Credit: Brace Hemmelgarn (USA TODAY Sports). Oskari Laaksonen. In non Frozen Four news, 2019 first round pick Matt Boldy signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Wild on Tuesday. Use arrows to navigate between autocomplete results. Stats: 20 GP, 5 G, 15 A Jones is easily the top goalie prospect in the Wild’s system. Stats: 11 GP, 1 G, 0 A The Wild brass loves the leadership qualities that come along with his high level of play. Age: 24 NHL.com is providing in-depth prospect analysis for each of its 31 teams from Nov. 16-Dec. 16. Free Agency: RFA 2021. Team: Iowa Wild, AHL. Cap Hit: $6 million Age: 36 Nam Y. Huh/Associated Press . A bout of coronavirus and a coach who clearly believes him to be a third-line center hasn’t stopped Eriksson Ek from enjoying a breakout season. Stats: 29 GP, 5 G, 9 A Minnesota’s two picks (their own and Pittsburgh’s) also figure to be well in the 20s. The State of Hockey can be glad he didn’t get moved, as Greenway responded with a breakout season. Ranks second among team defensemen in goals and third in scoring and shots on goal (98)…First-round selection in 2018 NHL Entry Draft. Stats: 30 GP, 3 G, 6 A They’re not about to trade him now. One would think Minnesota would have to keep their one long-term center, but if they determine he’s not part of the future, they could get a haul for him. Daniel Winnik (F) 2020-2021 : Genève-Servette HC : NL 49 : 15 : 31 : 46 : 46 : 3. Cap Hit: $3.5 million Johansson has failed to provide one of those things, as he’s been mostly out of the lineup and ineffective when he does play. The junior ranked second on team in faceoffs won (252) and faceoff percentage (54.7%), third in assists and shots on goal (60), T-3rd in scoring and T-4th in blocked shots (23)…Named alternate captain (3/2)…Recorded six-game point streak (3-7=10, 1/23-2/13)…Notched season-high three points (1-2=3) including GWG in 4-3 win at UMass Lowell (2/13)…Recorded five multi-point games…Tallied 2 goals in 4-3 win vs. UMass (11/27)…Third-round selection in 2018 NHL Entry Draft. Position: Center 4. Hunt has been a press-box regular this season, with the Wild’s top-six defensemen spoken for. The 2021 IIHF World Junior Championships will be held in Edmonton starting Dec. 25, 2020, and concluding with the Gold Medal game on Jan. 5, 2021. 4.5 2021 First-Round Picks. / WT. Age: 24 The Wild made a low-risk gamble on Bjugstad this offseason, acquiring him at half his salary essentially for free. Round 2, Pick 37 – Marat Khusnutdinov, C: A- From the hot-button issues of the day, to the stats, to the trade rumors, to the prospects and more, the two friends will cover the Wild and put on a show fun enough to get you through even the worst swoons! Cap Hit: $7.6 million A look at how Minnesota Wild prospects have performed up-to-date this season, from NCAA to international play. Stats: 29 GP, 7 G, 5A Suter’s clearly not the player he used to be, but he’s still a passable top-four defenseman as he ages into his late 30s. All other rules remain the same — we’re ranking every player in the Wild organization with 5-plus games according to trade value. Victor Rask had the @JagermeisterUSA Shot of the Game yesterday. A healthy Rossi would be playing in the NHL, and very possibly in the Untouchable tier. Lindberg was named the Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week and Most Outstanding Player at the Bridgeport Regional after saving 48 shots in two wins. Matt Bartkowski (D) Iowa Wild : AHL : 12 : 0 : 4 : 4 : 0.33 : 8 -2 : 33. Enter Search Term. Still, first-round picks are first-round picks, and they always carry currency in trades. St. Position: Goalie Here is a list of their new minor league affiliates, as 2021 and beyond present some exciting possibilities for the Twins. Free Agency: RFA 2022. There are too many unknowns for any potential partners, and Rossi likely needs stability during this time. If they wanted to go all-in to land a true top-tier center, that seems more than reasonable. Cap Hit: $4.5 million With that in mind, we’re changing things up from previous editions of the Trade Value Rankings. No. Cloud State (2/27) to become 59th player in Bulldogs history to score 100 career points…Recorded six-game point streak (4-4=8, 1/23-2/6)…Skating in senior season...Seventh-round selection in 2017 NHL Entry Draft. Cap Hit: $7.5 million Position: Defense Foligno’s arguably the best bottom-six player in the league, providing Minnesota with Selke-level defense on a bargain contract. Age: 32 Stats: 25 GP, 1 G, 9 A Free Agency: N/A. It’s hard to say. Heck, they could even move a player or two to get ahead of future cap issues. This might be his finest season yet, providing his usual defense and producing at a 40-point pace. Tragically, complications from coronavirus have kept him off the ice this season, and even unable to work out. He’s also showed offensive touch in the past two seasons, with 18 goals and 41 points over his past 82 games. Ian McCoshen (D) Iowa Wild : AHL : 11 : 0 : 4 : 4 : 0.36 : 13 : 4 : 32. Stats: 26 GP, 5 G, 6 A Stats: 7 GP, 0 G, 1 A Not to worry though Twins fans, there are still a few guys on the farm that can make a major impact very soon. Drafted 9th Overall by WIld … Free Agency: UFA 2021. Position: Center Expect to see Rossi suited up for the Wild sometime in the 2021-2022 season. Bonino’s a bottom-six center, but he is strong at taking faceoffs and an asset on the penalty kill. Tweet from @UMassHockey: ICYMI: Yesterday we swept the @hockey_east weekly honors for a second straight week : https://t.co/5hgQ9T2foQ #NewMass | #Flagship pic.twitter.com/vH5LwGE2NB. With that, it’s extremely difficult to see him traded until he makes a full recovery. Age: 33 Age: 23 Position: Defense His dynamic scoring ability, coupled with his lightning-quick reflexes, make Rossi a threat on both sides of the ice. Lately, he’s been partnered with the likes of Hartman, Parise, and Johansson. Team: Frölunda HC, SHL. NHL, the NHL Shield, the word mark and image of the Stanley Cup and NHL Conference logos are registered trademarks of the National Hockey League. But he’s one of very few people in the organization at that level. They could part with a pick in a buyer’s-market trade deadline to get a rental player, and no one would find it absurd. Position: Right Wing If Minnesota’s not inclined to move Talbot, they’re surely not going to move someone who is younger, cheaper, and probably better. Cap Hit: $2.1 million Cap Hit: $925K Free Agency: UFA 2021. Position: Center Free Agency: UFA 2021. Age: 24 Frankly, that could be a good reason to trade Greenway, regardless of Minnesota’s expansion draft plans. A team looking for that and some rings (two Cups with the Pittsburgh Penguins) would be interested. In practice, he probably makes the most sense out of this tier to trade. It’s hard to see Minnesota ever moving him, even if given a compelling offer. Cap Hit: N/A Stats: 28 GP, 9 G, 5 A The lesson to be learned here is that no contract is so bad it can’t be moved. Soucy was an unknown coming off his rookie season, where he posted 14 points in 55 games on the third-pair. Marco Rossi (C) ZSC Lions : NL : 1 : 0 : 1 : 1 : 1.00 : 0 : 0 : 35. Frequency 1 post / day Since Aug 2007 Blog hockeywilderness.com Facebook fans 8.2K ⋅ Twitter followers 9.1K ⋅ Social Engagement 3 ⓘ ⋅ Domain Authority 54 ⓘ ⋅ Alexa Rank 595.7K ⓘ View Latest Posts ⋅ Get Email Contact The Minnesota Wild are a veteran team with an aging core consisting of Zach Parise, Mikko Koivu, Eric Staal, Mats Zuccarello, and Ryan Suter who are all north of 30, slow and getting slower. Senior Nick Swaney, a 2017 draft pick, hopes to lead University of Minnesota-Duluth to its third consecutive national championship. Minnesota’s two picks (their own and Pittsburgh’s) also figure to be well in the 20s. What’s the deal? Alex Kirilloff, OF/1B. He may not be at the torrid goal-scoring pace he was at when a pectoral rupture interrupted a career year, but he’s getting back on track offensively. Stats: 13 GP, 2 G, 1 A Full Minnesota Wild roster for the 2020-21 season including position, height, weight, birthdate, years of experience, and college. Position: Forward Stats: 30 GP, 3 G, 4 A Age: 26 Age: 32 He hasn’t been any sort of solution at center, though, often relegated to fourth-line duty. Brodin’s been one of the top-20 defensemen in the NHL for a few years, and this year’s no different. The Russian center was taken by the Minnesota Wild in the Third Round (No. pic.twitter.com/rSJJi2zYT6, — Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) March 19, 2021, Position: Center Those players struggled to keep up with Fiala’s speed and tendency to carry the puck, and it’s hurt his production. He’s 49th of 331 forwards with 250-plus minutes with 2.3 points per hour at 5-on-5. Even with the struggles, the brutal power-play luck, and poorly matched teammates, he’s still on an 82-game pace of 26 goals, which would be a career-high. Since the start of the 2018-19 season, Hunt is fourth among defensemen with 200-plus PP minutes in goals per hour. He had a spectacular last year of juniors with Peterborough in the OHL, recording an overall record of 31-14-3. Stats: 31 GP, 10 G, 16 A The oft-injured forward has proved to be healthy, playing in every Wild game thus far. Free Agency: RFA 2021. He'll skate LW next to Mitch McLain and … Stats: 32 GP, 5 G, 5 A, 10 P. Get your popcorn ready Wild fans, Johansson has officially entered the top 10. Duluth plays UMass in Frozen Four Semifinal on April 8…Ranks T-1st on team in scoring, second in assists, PPP (11) and shots on goal (105) and T-2nd in goals…Ranks T-5th in NCAA in shots…Owns eight multi-point games, three PPG, one GWG and one SHG…First-Team All-NCHC Forward…Ranked second in NCHC in goals and T-2nd in scoring…NCHC Forward of Week (3/2)…Tallied hat trick (GWG) vs. St. If the Wild ever wanted to trade Foligno, they’d get a haul. Puck Drop Preview: 2020-2021 Minnesota Wild. The Wild’s historical penchant for making moves at the NHL trade deadline didn’t extend to Bill Guerin‘s second season as the general manager. Please support us by disabling ad blocker for this site. Also tallied four points (1-3=4) in nine games with HC Stadion Litomerice (Czech 2)…Recorded three points (1-2=3) in five games for Czech Republic at 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship…Ranked T-2nd on team in scoring and shots on goal (13). His shot generation has generally been stellar, hinting that last year’s Fiala hasn’t gone away. Unlike Rask, Zuccarello’s passing ability allows him to help elevate Kaprizov, not merely ride his coattails. Position: Forward The asking price has long been for a center of equivalent value, but even when the price lowered to a top-six forward, teams seemed to balk. Let’s go. Ranked third on team in assists, T-5th in scoring...Recorded two multi-point games and one PPG…Tallied four points (2-2=4) in 6-5 OT win vs. New Hampshire (1/15)…Appeared in five games for Russia at 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship…Second-round selection in 2019 NHL Entry Draft. Free Agency: UFA 2021. While everyone had essentially … Free Agency: UFA 2023. Minnesota committed to him this summer when he hit UFA status, and he’s thankfully looked much like the player he was last season. They have an eight-point lead over the fifth-place Arizona Coyotes with 25 games remaining and two games in hand. Stats: 6 GP, 0 G, 0 A With Parise back and everyone else staying healthy, paired with some cap space-saving roster maneuvers, CapFriendly predicts that Minnesota … 8.5 2021 Second-Round Pick, B-Tier Prospects. Cap Hit: $2.1 million Find out the latest on your favorite NHL players on CBSSports.com. HAS YET TO PLAY A GAME THIS SEASON DUE TO COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS. Stats: 28 GP, 4 G, 3 A … Cap Hit: $2.88 million Not him. Stats: 23 GP, 7 G, 9 A The 2021 draft figures to be weird, with limited scouting capabilities throughout the year. Stats: 21 GP, 10 G, 20 A (NCAA) A savvy team looking for power play help might take a chance on him as a buy-low option, though. Taylor Hall and Curtis Lazar were traded to the Boston Bruins for Anders Bjork and a second round pick in 2021. Wild prospect Filip Lindberg will be in net for UMass. The Wild’s odds of making the postseason are currently above 90%. Talbot was signed to be the Wild’s solution in net, and he has delivered. He’s a candidate to get picked by the Kraken, so Guerin might be tempted to move him to clear cap space and get something for him rather than lose him for free. Ranks second among WHL defensemen in goals and T-2nd in PPG (3)…Tallied three points (2-1=3) at Swift Current (3/20)…Named Moose Jaw captain (2/18)…Also skated in three games with Iowa and recorded five points (3-2=5) in three games with Virden (MJHL)…Third-round selection in 2020 NHL Entry Draft. Age (as of 4/1/2021): 23. You have just read everything there is to know about Luke Johnson. Why he could be first: Brandt Clarke is an offensively-minded defender and could have the highest ceiling at the 2021 Draft. Unfortunately, their future at shortstop, Royce Lewis, suffered an ACL tear and will miss the season. Teams looking to deal an elite center can get anyone else in this organization. Since Minnesota could dip into future assets, certain picks and prospects will be included as half-points. Three Minnesota Wild prospects will be taking part in the 2021 NCAA Frozen Four this week, representing three of the four teams remaining. That’s probably moveable as more than a cap dump, though Zuccarello’s no-move protection could keep him in Minnesota. Stats: 29 GP, 1 G, 2 A Sitting in third place in the West Division, they could easily justify buying. Age: 33 2020-2021 : Hannover Indians : Germany3 39 : 37 : 39 : 76 : 40 : 2. Suddenly, Zuccarello looks like a genuine top-six winger again, and his contract is essentially three years, $18 million going forward. #mnwild prospect Matt Boldy will make his pro debut tonight for the @iawild vs. the Chicago Wolves. Minnesota Wild. wild.com is the official Web site of the Minnesota Wild Hockey Club. Guerin took advantage of the Colorado Avalanche looking for room for Bowen Byram by acquiring Cole in exchange for Greg Pateryn. Kirill Kaprizov, F. Tony also hosts 10K Rinks Radio with Joe Bouley. 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