Draft Analyst Breaks Down Wild's Top 10 Prospects

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One NHL analyst is projecting Kirill Kaprizov's contract to be upwards of $120 million in total value.

Duh. It's the worst kept secret that he's going to get $15M x 8....if he signs. Knowing cheap Billy, he probably offered $12M. That extra $2.8M in cap hits sure would come in handy right about now.

Surprising to me that they don't include Lambos in the Wild's top 10. I don't think there's a good reason to doubt that he should be top 10, but I think they like writing about the more recent prospects.

They have a couple of undersized 4th rounders ahead of Lambos, Kiviharju and Benak. Those Wild prospects are skilled, but they are years away from possibly being positive players in the AHL, which is what Lambos is already.

I can't take any top 10 prospect list that has Charlie Stramel on it seriously.

3 hours ago, TCMooch said:

I can't take any top 10 prospect list that has Charlie Stramel on it seriously.

Wow, this sounds like Dean's perspective!

5 hours ago, Imyourhuckleberry said:

Surprising to me that they don't include Lambos in the Wild's top 10. I don't think there's a good reason to doubt that he should be top 10, but I think they like writing about the more recent prospects.

They have a couple of undersized 4th rounders ahead of Lambos, Kiviharju and Benak. Those Wild prospects are skilled, but they are years away from possibly being positive players in the AHL, which is what Lambos is already.

I think you may be right on this one. I see 2 ways of writing the list, and 1 is the excitement and hype behind the new guys. But 2 is where they currently are on the depth chart within an organization. 

I didn't see the list, but I'm assuming the top 5 are generally expected to make the roster next season.

Ok, I saw it and yes, the top 5 are expected to make the team. 

I thought it was interesting that they ranked Jiricek #2. Obviously this guy doesn't subscribe to the Button analysis.

Slightly off-topic but has anyone heard any Yurov news? I know he was supposed to go in the US back east to train this summer. Haven't heard anything about it.

49 minutes ago, mnfaninnc said:

I didn't see the list, but I'm assuming the top 5 are generally expected to make the roster next season.

Yeah, the top 5 are who you'd expect--Buium, Jiricek, Yurov, Wallstedt, Ohgren.

After that, in order, he has Hiedt, Ritchie, Stramel, Kiviharju, Benak.

I'd put Lambos ahead of the last 3, for certain, and there's a case to be made for #6, given how close he seems to the NHL after being a 1st round pick.

12 hours ago, Imyourhuckleberry said:

Surprising to me that they don't include Lambos in the Wild's top 10. I don't think there's a good reason to doubt that he should be top 10, but I think they like writing about the more recent prospects.

They have a couple of undersized 4th rounders ahead of Lambos, Kiviharju and Benak. Those Wild prospects are skilled, but they are years away from possibly being positive players in the AHL, which is what Lambos is already.

Idk man. I’ve been waiting for him to sort of break out and it hasn’t happened. He’s only 22 but I figured he would have taken bigger steps. I could be wrong but I don’t see him being much more than a 3rd pairing dmen.

6 hours ago, mnfaninnc said:

Ok, I saw it and yes, the top 5 are expected to make the team. 

I thought it was interesting that they ranked Jiricek #2. Obviously this guy doesn't subscribe to the Button analysis.

Button has some good takes and some absolutely moronic takes as well. I think he’s wrong about Jiricek and a bit of goofball but we will see.