Prospects & draft

Minnesota Wild

12-3-428 PTS1st in the Central divisionNHL

Playoff odds

99%

Power play

26.9 %

Penalty kill

78.3 %

Goals per game

3.32

Goals against

2.26

Faceoffs

48.8 %

Prospect rankings

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“Value”: expected WAR from age 21 to 26, from his draft slot, his output translated into NHL points (NHLe), his age and his NHL games. “Potential”: his ceiling, on the scouts' 20-80 scale. “Rank”: his place among all 32 teams' prospects.

Rank	Prospect	League	NHLe /82	Value	Potential	NHL prob.	Rating
30	Daemon HuntD · 24 yrs · 2020, #65	NHL	—	2.0	75First line or top pair	66 %	96
140	Adam BenakC · 19 yrs · 2025, #102	OHL48 games	38	2.1	55NHL regular	45 %	85
149	Charlie StramelC · 22 yrs · 2023, #21	NCAA37 games	38	1.9	55NHL regular	41 %	83
176	Hunter HaightC · 22 yrs · 2022, #47	AHL54 games	22	1.8	55NHL regular	30 %	81
217	Carson LambosD · 24 yrs · 2021, #26	AHL70 games	10	0.7	50NHL regular	27 %	85
271	Ryder RitchieR · 20 yrs · 2024, #45	NCAA36 games	15	1.0	45Depth player	21 %	71
327	David SpacekD · 24 yrs · 2022, #153	AHL59 games	23	0.5	40Depth player	16 %	78
341	Rasmus KumpulainenC · 21 yrs · 2023, #53	AHL72 games	6	0.8	35Fringe	18 %	68
363	Riley HeidtC · 22 yrs · 2023, #64	AHL71 games	13	0.4	35Fringe	12 %	55
433	Adam AnderssonC · 18 yrs · 2026, #83	—	—	0.4	30Fringe	12 %	57
508	Kayden LemireR · 19 yrs · 2026, #112	WHL68 games	10	0.1	25Limited NHL upside	7 %	44
518	Viking Gustafsson NybergD · 23 yrs · undrafted	NCAA40 games	10	0.2	25Limited NHL upside	7 %	61
523	Lirim AmidovskiR · 20 yrs · 2025, #121	OHL65 games	18	0.1	25Limited NHL upside	7 %	44
563	Theodor HallquisthD · 19 yrs · 2025, #52	SHL8 games	6	0.2	20Limited NHL upside	7 %	64
589	Jack PeartD · 23 yrs · 2021, #54	AHL61 games	9	0.2	20Limited NHL upside	6 %	59
596	Aron KiviharjuD · 21 yrs · 2024, #122	Liiga48 games	12	0.1	20Limited NHL upside	6 %	56
649	Caedan BankierC · 24 yrs · 2021, #86	AHL66 games	11	0.0	20Limited NHL upside	5 %	40
650	James ClarkL · 22 yrs · 2023, #213	NCAA36 games	14	0.0	20Limited NHL upside	5 %	40
651	Carter KlippensteinC · 20 yrs · 2025, #123	WHL38 games	17	0.0	20Limited NHL upside	5 %	40
881	Nate BenoitD · 24 yrs · 2021, #182	NCAA31 games	13	0.0	20Limited NHL upside	5 %	44
882	Aaron PionkD · 24 yrs · 2023, #149	NCAA40 games	8	0.0	20Limited NHL upside	5 %	44
939	Kalem ParkerD · 22 yrs · 2023, #181	NCAA39 games	11	0.0	20Limited NHL upside	5 %	44
949	Sebastian SoiniD · 20 yrs · 2024, #140	Liiga40 games	6	0.0	20Limited NHL upside	5 %	44
956	Stevie LeskovarD · 22 yrs · 2024, #174	ECHL36 games	2	0.0	20Limited NHL upside	5 %	44
1020	Chase WutzkeG · 20 yrs · 2024, #142	WHL54 games	—	0.5	20Limited NHL upside	3 %	48
1021	Filip RuzickaG · 19 yrs · 2026, #137	WHL42 games	—	0.5	20Limited NHL upside	3 %	48
1063	Riley MercerG · 23 yrs · undrafted	ECHL48 games	—	0.0	20Limited NHL upside	0 %	25

Prospects (23)

Upcoming draft picks

The NHL does not publish who owns picks in future drafts. The picks below come from our own hand-maintained table: anything not entered there does not show up.Allocation par défaut (échanges non vérifiés)

Year	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
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Draft

2026

Overall	Round	Player	Junior club
83	3	Adam AnderssonC(UTA-LAK-MIN)	—
112	4	Kayden LemireRW(WSH-CBJ-MIN)	—
137	5	Filip RuzickaG(SJS-MIN)	—

2025

Overall	Round	Player	Junior club
52	2	Theodor HallquisthD	—
102	4	Adam BenakC(SEA-MIN)	—
121	4	Lirim AmidovskiRW(TOR-MIN)	—
123	4	Carter KlippensteinC(WSH-MIN)	—
141	5	Justin KipkieD(CBJ-MIN)	—

2024

Overall	Round	Player	Junior club
12	1	Zeev BuiumD(PHI-MIN)	—
45	2	Ryder RitchieRW	—
122	4	Aron KiviharjuD(BOS-MIN)	—
140	5	Sebastian SoiniD(BUF-MIN)	—
142	5	Chase WutzkeG	—
174	6	Stevie LeskovarD	—

Minnesota Wild draft history →