List of Minnesota Wild draft picks

Marian Gaborik, selected third overall in 2000, was the first draft pick in franchise history.

This is a complete list of ice hockey players who were drafted in the National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Minnesota Wild franchise. It includes every player who was drafted, regardless of whether they played for the team.

Key

  Played at least one game with the Wild
  Spent entire NHL career with the Wild

General terms and abbreviations
Term or abbreviation Definition
Draft The year that the player was selected
Round The round of the draft in which the player was selected
Pick The overall position in the draft at which the player was selected
Position abbreviations
Abbreviation Definition
G Goaltender
D Defense
LW Left wing
C Center
RW Right wing
F Forward
Abbreviations for statistical columns
Abbreviation Definition
Pos Position
GP Games played
G Goals
A Assists
Pts Points
PIM Penalties in minutes
W Wins
L Losses
OT Overtime/shootout losses
GAA Goals against average
Does not apply

Draft picks

Statistics are complete as of the 2022–23 NHL season and show each player's career regular season totals in the NHL. Wins, losses, ties, overtime losses and goals against average apply to goaltenders and are used only for players at that position.

Draft Round Pick Player Nationality Pos GP G A Pts PIM W L OT GAA
2000 1 3 Marian Gaborik  Slovakia LW 1035 407 408 815 492
2000 2 33 Nick Schultz  Canada D 1069 30 145 175 483
2000 4 99 Marc Cavosie  United States W
2000 5 132 Maxim Sushinski  Russia RW 30 7 4 11 29
2000 6 170 Erik Reitz  United States D 48 1 1 2 69
2000 7 199 Brian Passmore  Canada C
2000 7 214 Peter Bartos  Slovakia LW 13 4 2 6 6
2000 8 232 Lubomir Sekeras  Slovakia D 213 18 53 71 122
2000 8 255 Eric Johansson  Canada C
2001 1 6 Mikko Koivu  Finland C 1035 206 505 711 592
2001 2 36 Kyle Wanvig  Canada RW 75 6 9 15 94
2001 3 74 Chris Heid  Canada D
2001 3 93 Stephane Veilleux  Canada LW 506 50 56 106 348
2001 4 103 Tony Virta  Finland RW 8 2 3 5 0
2001 7 202 Derek Boogaard  Canada LW 277 3 13 16 589
2001 8 239 Jake Riddle  United States LW
2002 1 8 Pierre-Marc Bouchard  Canada C 593 110 246 356 190
2002 2 38 Josh Harding  Canada G 151 0 2 2 6 60 59 11 2.45
2002 3 72 Mike Erickson  United States RW
2002 3 73 Barry Brust  Canada G 11 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 3.70
2002 5 155 Armands Berzins  Latvia C
2002 6 175 Matt Foy  Canada RW 56 6 7 13 48
2002 7 204 Niklas Eckerblom  Sweden RW
2002 8 237 Christoph Brandner  Austria LW 35 4 5 9 8
2002 9 268 Mikhail Tyulyapkin  Russia D
2002 9 269 Mika Hannula  Sweden F
2003 1 20 Brent Burns  Canada D 1333 245 593 838 807
2003 2 56 Patrick O'Sullivan  United States C 334 58 103 161 116
2003 3 78 Danny Irmen  United States RW 2 0 0 0 0
2003 5 157 Marcin Kolusz  Poland C
2003 6 187 Miroslav Kopriva  Czech Republic G
2003 7 207 Georgi Misharin  Russia D
2003 7 219 Adam Courchaine  Canada D
2003 8 251 Mathieu Melanson  Canada RW
2003 9 281 Jean-Michel Bolduc  Canada D
2004 1 12 A. J. Thelen  United States D
2004 2 42 Roman Voloshenko  Russia LW
2004 3 78 Peter Olvecky  Slovakia LW 32 2 5 7 12
2004 3 79 Clayton Stoner  Canada D 360 7 41 48 459
2004 4 111 Ryan Jones  Canada F 334 54 46 100 181
2004 4 114 Patrick Bordeleau  Canada LW 129 8 8 16 185
2004 4 117 Julien Sprunger   Switzerland RW
2004 5 161 Jean-Claude Sawyer  Canada D
2004 6 175 Aaron Boogaard  Canada RW
2004 7 195 Jean-Michel Rizk  Canada RW
2004 7 206 Anton Khudobin  Russia G 260 0 8 8 16 114 92 33 2.52
2004 9 272 Kyle Wilson  Canada C 39 4 9 13 12
2005 1 4 Benoit Pouliot  Canada LW 625 130 133 263 371
2005 2 57 Matt Kassian  Canada LW 76 4 1 5 177
2005 3 65 Kristofer Westblom  Canada G
2005 4 110 Kyle Bailey  Canada C
2005 4 122 Morten Madsen  Denmark C
2005 5 129 Anthony Aiello  United States D
2005 7 199 Riley Emmerson  Canada LW
2006 1 9 James Sheppard  Canada C 394 23 68 91 192
2006 2 40 Ondrej Fiala  Czech Republic LW
2006 3 72 Cal Clutterbuck  Canada RW 982 136 138 274 666
2006 4 102 Kyle Medvec  United States D
2006 5 132 Niko Hovinen  Finland G
2006 6 162 Julian Walker   Switzerland W
2006 7 192 Chris Hickey  United States C
2007 1 16 Colton Gillies  Canada LW 154 6 12 18 72
2007 4 110 Justin Falk  Canada D 279 3 30 33 219
2007 5 140 Cody Almond   Switzerland C 25 2 0 2 26
2007 6 170 Harri Ilvonen  Finland D
2007 7 200 Carson McMillan  Canada RW 16 2 3 5 11
2008 1 23 Tyler Cuma  Canada D 1 0 0 0 2
2008 2 55 Marco Scandella  Canada D 719 49 113 162 279
2008 4 115 Sean Lorenz  United States D
2008 5 145 Eero Elo  Finland LW
2009 1 16 Nick Leddy  United States D 929 70 313 383 187
2009 3 77 Matt Hackett  Canada G 26 0 0 0 0 4 17 2 3.11
2009 4 103 Kris Foucault  Canada LW 1 0 0 0 0
2009 4 116 Alexander Fallstrom  Sweden RW
2009 6 161 Darcy Kuemper  Canada G 356 0 4 4 36 165 121 43 2.55
2009 6 163 Jere Sallinen  Finland W
2009 7 182 Erik Haula  Finland LW 614 126 155 281 290
2009 7 193 Anthony Hamburg  United States C
2010 1 9 Mikael Granlund  Finland C 750 145 339 484 217
2010 2 39 Brett Bulmer  Canada LW 17 0 3 3 15
2010 2 56 Johan Larsson  Sweden C 488 53 79 132 246
2010 2 59 Jason Zucker  United States F 628 182 156 338 256
2010 6 159 Johan Gustafsson  Sweden G
2010 7 189 Dylen McKinlay  Canada RW
2011 1 10 Jonas Brodin  Sweden D 741 47 166 213 228
2011 1 28 Zack Phillips  Canada C
2011 2 60 Mario Lucia  United States LW
2011 5 131 Nick Seeler  United States D 225 7 22 29 185
2011 6 161 Stephen Michalek  United States G
2011 7 191 Tyler Graovac  Canada C 84 12 3 15 20
2012 1 7 Mathew Dumba  Canada D 598 79 157 236 399
2012 2 46 Raphael Bussieres  Canada LW
2012 3 68 John Draeger  United States D
2012 4 98 Adam Gilmour  United States C
2012 5 128 Daniel Gunnarsson  Sweden D
2012 6 158 Christopher Bertschy   Switzerland C 9 0 1 1 8
2012 7 188 Louis Nanne  United States LW
2013 2 46 Gustav Olofsson  Sweden D 62 0 11 11 18
2013 3 81 Kurtis Gabriel  Canada RW 51 2 3 5 153
2013 4 107 Dylan Labbe  Canada D
2013 5 137 Carson Soucy  Canada D 250 21 47 68 186
2013 6 167 Avery Peterson  United States C
2013 7 197 Nolan DeJong  Canada D
2013 7 200 Alexandre Belanger  Canada G
2014 1 18 Alex Tuch  United States RW 379 109 147 256 105
2014 3 80 Louis Belpedio  United States D 4 0 2 2 0
2014 4 109 Kaapo Kahkonen  Finland G 102 0 1 1 4 42 43 12 3.23
2014 5 139 Tanner Faith  Canada D
2014 6 160 Pontus Sjalin  Sweden D
2014 6 167 Chase Lang  Canada RW
2014 6 169 Reid Duke  Canada C
2014 7 199 Pavel Jenys  Czech Republic RW
2015 1 20 Joel Eriksson Ek  Sweden C 421 92 114 206 160
2015 2 50 Jordan Greenway  United States LW 334 42 82 123 227
2015 4 111 Ales Stezka  Czech Republic G
2015 5 135 Kirill Kaprizov  Russia RW 203 114 120 234 95
2015 6 171 Nicholas Boka  United States D
2015 7 201 Gustav Bouramman  Sweden D
2015 7 204 Jack Sadek  United States D
2016 1 15 Luke Kunin  United States C 282 51 55 106 249
2016 4 106 Brandon Duhaime  United States LW 131 15 12 27 164
2016 7 196 Dmitry Sokolov  Russia LW
2016 7 204 Brayden Chizen  Canada D
2017 3 85 Ivan Lodnia  United States RW
2017 4 97 Mason Shaw  Canada C 62 7 10 17 84
2017 4 116 Bryce Misley  Canada C
2017 5 147 Jacob Golden  Canada D
2017 6 178 Andrei Svetlakov  Russia C
2017 7 209 Nick Swaney  United States RW 1 0 0 0 0
2018 1 24 Filip Johansson  Sweden D
2018 3 63 Jack McBain  Canada C 92 14 15 29 70
2018 3 86 Alexander Khovanov  Russia C
2018 3 92 Connor Dewar  Canada C/LW 116 8 16 24 75
2018 5 148 Simon Johansson  Sweden D
2018 5 155 Damien Giroux  Canada C 1 0 1 1 2
2018 6 179 Shawn Boudrias  Canada RW
2018 7 210 Sam Hentges  United States C
2019 1 12 Matthew Boldy  United States LW 128 46 56 102 49
2019 2 42 Vladislav Firstov  Russia LW
2019 2 59 Hunter Jones  Canada G
2019 3 75 Adam Beckman  Canada LW 12 0 1 1 2
2019 5 149 Matvey Guskov  Russia C
2019 6 166 Marshall Warren  United States D
2019 6 172 Nikita Nesterenko  United States C 9 1 0 1 0
2019 7 197 Filip Lindberg  Finland G
2020 1 9 Marco Rossi  Austria C 21 0 1 1 12
2020 2 37 Marat Khusnutdinov  Russia C
2020 2 39 Ryan O'Rourke  Canada D
2020 3 65 Daemon Hunt  Canada D
2020 5 146 Pavel Novak  Czech Republic RW
2021 1 20 Jesper Wallstedt  Sweden G
2021 1 26 Carson Lambos  Canada D
2021 2 54 Jack Peart  United States D
2021 3 86 Caedan Bankier  Canada C
2021 4 118 Kyle Masters  Canada D
2021 4 127 Josh Pillar  Canada C
2021 6 182 Nate Benoit  United States D
2022 1 19 Liam Öhgren  Sweden LW
2022 1 24 Danila Yurov  Russia RW
2022 2 47 Hunter Haight  Canada C
2022 2 56 Reiger Lorenz  Canada LW
2022 3 89 Michael Milne  Canada LW
2022 4 121 Ryan Healey  United States D
2022 5 153 David Spacek  Czech Republic D
2022 6 185 Servac Petrovsky  Slovakia C
2023 1 21 Charlie Stramel  United States C
2023 2 53 Rasmus Kumpulainen  Finland C
2023 2 64 Riley Heidt  Canada C
2023 5 149 Aaron Pionk  United States D
2023 6 181 Kalem Parker  Canada D
2023 7 213 James Clark  United States LW

Some draft picks who have played for the team

  • The Wild selected Nick Schultz 33rd overall in 2000.
    The Wild selected Nick Schultz 33rd overall in 2000.
  • The Wild selected Mikko Koivu 6th overall in 2001.
    The Wild selected Mikko Koivu 6th overall in 2001.
  • The Wild selected Stephane Veilleux 93rd overall in 2001.
    The Wild selected Stephane Veilleux 93rd overall in 2001.
  • The Wild selected Josh Harding 38th overall in 2002.
    The Wild selected Josh Harding 38th overall in 2002.
  • The Wild selected James Sheppard 9th overall in 2006.
    The Wild selected James Sheppard 9th overall in 2006.
  • The Wild selected Cal Clutterbuck 72nd overall in 2006.
    The Wild selected Cal Clutterbuck 72nd overall in 2006.

See also

References

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  • "Minnesota Wild Draft History". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
  • "Minnesota Wild Draft Picks". Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
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