thestonedkoala
Going Dark
- Aug 27, 2004
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I don't trust the Wild scouts at all when it comes to d-men. It's been over a decade since they drafted a d-man that has played more than few games. Only 2 Wild drafted d-men (Hunt 12 games, and Belpedio 16 games) have seen any NHL action since the 2013 (Soucy/Olofsson) draft class.
Long gone are the Scandella, Leddy, Brodin, Dumba, Soucy, etc. draft guys that evaluated d-men.
To be fair, from the 2012-2013 season until 20-21 (almost a decade), Minnesota hasn't had to really care about their top 4 since it was a combination of Spurgeon, Brodin, Suter and Scandella/Dumba. They had to worry about their depth, but they had some good guys there.
On the other hand, they haven't been able to develop - well anyone since Guerin took over so...