Minnesota Wild (NHL 13 BEAGM) - A New NHL

[mnwildgophers]

Bettman decides in a surprising move, it's time for a fantasy draft

July 27, 2012

Gary Bettman decided today that his NHL needed to restart the league from scratch after rough postseason ratings in which no one cared. He announced that all 30 teams will be participating in a fantasy draft in order to re-distribute the talent. All of the players will be available to draft. The draft order will be randomized and this should give a fair shot to every team to be able to hand craft their new rosters and we should see talent being evenly distributed. Also, the players will continue to keep their contracts heading into the season which is why the NHLPA agreed to this. The players seem excited about the idea and this could lead to new and exciting games.

The order of the fantasy draft has been finalized. Here it is:

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The Wild have the 10th pick which means they should be able to draft a high end player there. It's a snake draft in which the 30th pick also has the 31st pick so that it is more fair. We will have full results of the draft when it is completed.

[mnwildgophers]

Wild nab Tavares with first pick, lots of youth on the team

August 1st, 2012

The NHL completed its fantasy draft today in which the Wild made 32 picks along with the rest of the teams. They drafted a lot of guys in the later rounds with a lot of upside, and it's also not surprising to see them pick up Mikael Granlund again as they have always been really high on him. Their first pick was used on John Tavares, however, GM Chuck Fletcher looked a little disappointed as Jonathan Toews was taken 1 pick before him by the Devils. However, Tavares is a nice consolation prize being on 21 and being a first line center with the ability to score, it was hard to pass him up. Below is how the draft went down:

Wild Fantasy Draft
Pick	Team	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt
1	Minnesota Wild	John Tavares	C	6'0"	202
2	Minnesota Wild	Bobby Ryan	RW	6'2"	208
3	Minnesota Wild	John Carlson	D	6'3"	208
4	Minnesota Wild	Jimmy Howard	G	6'0"	218
5	Minnesota Wild	Ryan O'Reilly	C	6'0"	200
6	Minnesota Wild	Justin Schultz	D	6'2"	185
7	Minnesota Wild	Chris Stewart	RW	6'2"	228
8	Minnesota Wild	Brenden Morrow	LW	6'0"	209
9	Minnesota Wild	Christian Ehrhoff	D	6'2"	203
10	Minnesota Wild	Jared Cowen	D	6'5"	230
11	Minnesota Wild	Simon Gagne	LW	6'1"	193
12	Minnesota Wild	Mike Fisher	C	6'1"	208
13	Minnesota Wild	Sven Baertschi	LW	5'10"	185
14	Minnesota Wild	Mikael Granlund	C	5'10"	176
15	Minnesota Wild	Dustin Penner	LW	6'4"	245
16	Minnesota Wild	Tim Erixon	D	6'2"	190
17	Minnesota Wild	Brett Connolly	RW	6'2"	200
18	Minnesota Wild	Mark Scheifele	C	6'2"	184
19	Minnesota Wild	Ryan Murray	D	6'0"	195
20	Minnesota Wild	Emerson Etem	RW	6'0"	194
21	Minnesota Wild	Joe Morrow	D	6'0"	205
22	Minnesota Wild	Jamie Langenbrunner	RW	6'1"	205
23	Minnesota Wild	Sergei Gonchar	D	6'2"	211
24	Minnesota Wild	Brandon Gormley	D	6'2"	196
25	Minnesota Wild	Malcolm Subban	G	6'0"	188
26	Minnesota Wild	Scott Clemmensen	G	6'3"	203
27	Minnesota Wild	Derek MacKenzie	C	5'11"	178
28	Minnesota Wild	Taylor Pyatt	LW	6'3"	226
29	Minnesota Wild	Derek Dorsett	RW	6'0"	190
30	Minnesota Wild	Griffin Reinhart	D	6'4"	202
31	Minnesota Wild	Radek Faksa	C	6'3"	202
32	Minnesota Wild	Nikita Kucherov	RW	5'11"	165

We assume that there will be some free agent signings coming up, so we will announce them when they become available to us.

[mnwildgophers]

Wild sign four, complete a trade, roster set

After many hours of negotiations, the Wild has agreed to terms with four free agents not picked up in the fantasy draft. The Wild signed Raffi Torres, Anthony Stewart, Matt Hunwick, and Joe Corvo to fill out their roster. The Wild also traded Jamie Langenbrunner for Montreal's 2nd round pick in 2013 as it was just too good of a deal to have more ammo in case a move needs to be made at the deadline. The Wild also have not named a captain yet, however, they will be carrying 3 A's. They will be Ryan O'Reilly, Brenden Morrow, and Mike Fisher. A captain could be wait to be named for a year, or it could happen halfway through the year, coach Mike Yeo would not name a captain at the start of the year.

Here are the lines that will be opening up against Colorado at home:

Minnesota Wild Depth Chart - 2012-13
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
LW	Brenden Morrow	Simon Gagne	Dustin Penner	Derek Dorsett
C	John Tavares	Ryan O'Reilly	Mike Fisher	Derek MacKenzie
RW	Bobby Ryan	Chris Stewart	Anthony Stewart	Raffi Torres
D #1	Christian Ehrhoff	Sergei Gonchar	Jared Cowen
D #2	John Carlson	Justin Schultz	Matt Hunwick
G	Jimmy Howard	Scott Clemmensen

Joe Corvo and Taylor Pyatt will be the healthy scratches until something needs to be changed up.

The schedule for the month of October:

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Oct. 26, 2012 @
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[Bluejaysfan65]

IMO, you got a steal with Justin Schultz and Mark Schiefele. Can't believe Schiefele was available in the 18th round...