By Daniel Chan -
With each post, you will get to understand what type of player he is, and how he can help the Wild. You'll understand his strengths, flaws and get to understand what type of player he'll develop into.
The HW's Rank - The average rank of several of our favorite available rankings, weighted appropriately.
Summary Scout Notes - A broken down version of comments offered by each service. To read the whole explanations, click on the source site and search.
Now, introducing Skelleftea defenseman Adam Larsson:
History And Accomplishments
HW's Take:
Was the consensus number one pick a few months ago, but now finds himself fighting to stay in the top 5.
I don't believe in the franchise hype Larsson was getting at the beginning of the season, but he still has a very good potential of being a top pairing defenseman.
The complete package, he is a very well rounded defenseman, with very good size. In addition, he has very good poise and very good hockey sense. While, in my opinion, he won't be a franchise player, he'll eat TONS of minutes on the blueline, and he'll be player that the coach can put out in any situation: 5-on-5, PP, PK, last 5 minutes, against top players etc.
Also, his downside doesn't seem too bad either. He can either become a top pairing defenseman, or if all goes to worst, he'll become a decent depth NHLer. With the size, poise and mobility, his chance of become an NHLer is very high.
The question is, do you spend your #1 overall pick on him or guys like Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Jonathan Huberdeau who have very dynamic side to their games?
HW's Projection
#1-2 All-round defenseman
Summary Scouts Notes
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NHL Central Scouting's Chris Edwards (via NHL.com)
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Where Does He Fit With The Wild?
We may have alot of defensemen in the system, and alot of them with size, but Larsson is just someone you WANT to have in your organization.
It will make our deep defensive core deep AND talented.
Good Choice At #10?
He's too good to pass on.
I know we want goal-scoring forwards but its Adam freakin Larsson. Mobile, big, eats minutes, brings some offense etc etc.
How Does He Look As A Wild?
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