[Scott Wheeler] Minnesota Wild are No. 2 in 2025 NHL prospect pool rankings
February 7, 2025
[Scott Wheeler] Minnesota Wild are No. 2 in 2025 NHL prospect pool rankings
6 comments
As much as I think our prospect pool is strong, I don’t think it’s universally at number 2. Another reason why rankings are subjective. On the flip side, good to see the prospects getting some respect
Great prospects a plenty…until they get to Iowa and all hope is lost.
Any centers in there ? Lol
Wild’s future top 4 defensemen is top end and will be among the best in the NHL.
Faber, Brodin, Zeev, Jiricek. If your third pairing is a combo of Middleton, Bogosian and Chisholm you are doing pretty good. And we have some other prospects that may step up too.
Hope the pipeline of forwards are able to mix in bigger players …. the Wild have been too small up front for awhile now.
It’s a little early in the morning for me to be hitting the hopium this hard
Can Wheeler also rank which NHL can bring these high end prospects to the big league? As mentioned by many and I agree with, the IA Wild is not developing what they have. Many factors for this like MN injuries, few open spots in camp and during the year. A bunch of these prospects are getting ready to join the Wild. Do you push a bunch down to the ECHL for playing time? Too much of a good thing is a bad thing as they say.
6 comments
As much as I think our prospect pool is strong, I don’t think it’s universally at number 2. Another reason why rankings are subjective. On the flip side, good to see the prospects getting some respect
Great prospects a plenty…until they get to Iowa and all hope is lost.
Any centers in there ? Lol
Wild’s future top 4 defensemen is top end and will be among the best in the NHL.
Faber, Brodin, Zeev, Jiricek. If your third pairing is a combo of Middleton, Bogosian and Chisholm you are doing pretty good. And we have some other prospects that may step up too.
Hope the pipeline of forwards are able to mix in bigger players …. the Wild have been too small up front for awhile now.
It’s a little early in the morning for me to be hitting the hopium this hard
Can Wheeler also rank which NHL can bring these high end prospects to the big league? As mentioned by many and I agree with, the IA Wild is not developing what they have. Many factors for this like MN injuries, few open spots in camp and during the year. A bunch of these prospects are getting ready to join the Wild. Do you push a bunch down to the ECHL for playing time? Too much of a good thing is a bad thing as they say.