Minnesota Wild Early Season Prospect Statistics Coverage

Periodically, I may compile the statistics to date to track the players at intervals during the season. Statistics in green are some of the players statistics which stand out. You can't judge prospects by statistics only and a player with good statistics as a prospect won't necessarily have good statistics in the NHL if they make it to the NHL but with so many prospects, it is a useful tool to get an idea of how prospects are performing or developing.

Minnesota's draft prospects are spread over several leagues in the AHL with Iowa, NCAAs and major junior hockey leagues along with overseas leagues in Sweden and Switzerland.

2013 Draft Picks

2nd Round Pick Defenseman Gustav Olofsson -Colorado College 0 points in 2 games.

3rd Round Pick Right Wing Kurtis Gabriel Owen Sound in the OHL - 3 goals, 6 assists for 9 points in 9 games.
4th Round Pick Defenseman Dylan Labbé  Shawinigan in QMJHL. 2 goals and 7 assists for 9 points in 13 games. He is -12 in +/-

5th Round Pick Defenseman Carson Soucy Minnesota-Duluth - 1 assist in 4 games.

6th Round Pick Center Avery Peterson - Peterson will play for Sioux City in the USHL. Peterson has not played a game yet

7th Round Pick Defenseman Nolan De Jong -Nolan will play his freshman season for the University of Michigan 0 points in 4 games for Michigan.

7th Round Pick Goaltender Alexandre Bélanger - Belanger will play for Rouyn-Noranda in the QMJHL .854 saves percentage and 3.74 goals against average in 8 games.

2012 Draft Prospects

1st Round Pick Defenseman Matt Dumba - Dumba is on the Wild so he is no longer considered a prospect.
2nd Round Pick Left Wing Raphaël Bussières - Bussieres will play for Iowa in the AHL 0 points in 4 games.

3rd Round Pick Defenseman John Draeger - Draeger will play his sophomore season for Michigan State University 0 games played yet.

4th Round Pick Right Wing Adam Gilmour - Gilmour will play his freshman season for Boston College 3 assists in 3 games.

5th Round Pick Defenseman Daniel Gunnarsson - Daniel will play for Lutea in the SHL 3 assists in 14 games with a -2 +/-

6th Round Pick Center Christoph Bertschy - Bertschy will play for Bern in the NLA 2 goals, 1 assist for 3 points in 15 games.

7th Round Pick Left Wing Louie Nanne - Nanne will play on Sioux Falls in the USHL 0 games played.

2011 Draft Picks
1st Round Pick Defenseman Jonas Brodin -Brodin is on the Wild so he is no longer considered a prospect.
1st Round Pick Center Zack Phillips -Phillips will play for Iowa in the AHL 2 goals, 2 assists for 4 points in 4 games.
2nd Round Pick Left Wing Mario Lucia -
Lucia enters his sophomore season at the University of Notre Dame 1 goal, 1 assist for 2 points in 4 games.

5th Round Pick Defenseman Nick Seeler -
Seeler enters his sophomore season at the University of Nebraska-Omaha 1 goal, 1 assist for 2 points in 4 games.

6th Round Pick Goaltender Steve Michalek -
Michalek enters his sophomore season at the Harvard University. 0 games played yet.

7th Round Pick Center Tyler Graovac -
Tyler will play for Iowa in the AHL in 2013-2014. 1 goal in 4 games.

2010 Draft Picks

2nd Round Pick Right Wing Brett Bulmer -
Bulmer will play for Iowa in the AHL. 2 goals in 4 games.

6th Round Pick Goaltender Johan Gustafsson -
Johan will play for Iowa in the AHL 0.50 goals against average and a .984 saves percentage.


2009 Draft Picks
4th Round Pick Left Wing Kris Foucault -
Foucault will play for Iowa in the AHL 1 goal, 2 assists for 3 points in 4 games.

6th Round Pick Goaltender Darcy Kuemper -
Darcy will play for Iowa in the AHL 3.04 goals against average and .898 saves percentage.

7th Round Pick Left Wing Erik Haula -
Haula will play for Iowa in the AHL 1 goal, 3 assists for 4 points in 4 games.


2008 Draft Picks
1st Round Pick Defenseman Tyler Cuma -
Cuma will play for Iowa in the AHL. 1 assist in 4 games.

Minnesota Wild Top 10 Prospects Rankings

The Minnesota Wild Top 10 Prospects October 2013. The Wild have a few rookies on their roster who went from prospects to the NHL this season.

1. Raphael Bussieres, LW 2012 2nd Round Pick Iowa AHL
2. Darcy Kuemper, G 2009 4th Round Pick Iowa AHL
3. Erik Haula, LW 2009 7th Round Pick Iowa AHL
4. Tyler Cuma, D 2008 1st Round Pick Iowa AHL
5. Mario Lucia, LW 2010 2nd Round Pick University of Notre Dame
6. Zack Phillips, C 2011 1st Round Pick Iowa AHL
7. Gustav Olofsson, D 2013 2nd Round Pick Colorado College
8. John Draeger, D 2012 3rd Round Pick Michigan State University
9. Tyler Graovac, C 2011 7th Round Pick Iowa AHL
10. Kurtis Gabriel, RW 2013 3rd Round Pick Owen Sound OHL

Minnesota Wild Actual Opening Day Lineup with Line Combinations

Lineup

Lines:

Zach Parise, Makko Koivu, Jason Pominville
Matt Cooke, Kyle Brodziak, Mikael Granlund
Dany Heatley, Charlie Coyle, Nino  Niederreiter
Justin Fontaine, Torrey Mitchell, Zenon Konopka

Defenseman Pairings:

Ryan Suter, Jonas Brodin
Marco Scandella, Jared Spurgeon
Keith Ballard, Clayton Stoner

Starting Goaltender: Niklas Backstrom Backup: Josh Harding

Scratches: D Nate Prosser, D Matthew Dumba