ijuka
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- May 14, 2016
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He can play Liiga, right? Why would AHL or NHL be his only options... Why would there even need to be room for him? If he is good enough to bring him over. If he's not good enough, then you don't bring him over. It's... no spot away from anyone.We have an endless list of LD in the system. We have Brodin-Middleton locked for at least four years. Chisholm will be re-signed. Buium is going to get first dibs at the NHL level of our prospects. Peart. Lambos. O’Rourke. Hunt. Pionk. The depth at LD is so mind numbingly stupid. Kiviharju will be lucky to even play AHL at this point. There’s no room for him. 3-4 LD prospects will need to be traded just to find an AHL spot for him. How do you expect his value to rise if he can’t even find a spot to play?
Also, on most lists he was on late 1st round, and he was picked in the 4th round. You're talking about need and positions as if that matters... at all. It doesn't. Even if he cannot play LD a single game for the Wild, if he ends up becoming good enough, he can simply be traded for someone in a different role.
Picking for need is such a strange philosophy, I've never understood...
A lot can happen during 5 years. When(if) he comes to NHL at around 23 years of age, who knows what the needs of Wild are at the time? Maybe they'll have an LD drought and are full of wingers. How could you ever know that in advance?