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Deadline moves help Minnesota Wild’s present, but at what future cost?

By Tyson McKay

The Minnesota Wild select edJesper Wallstedt at No. 20 during the first round of the 2021 NHL Entry Draft at the NHL Network studios in Secaucus, New Jersey.(Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
The Minnesota Wild select edJesper Wallstedt at No. 20 during the first round of the 2021 NHL Entry Draft at the NHL Network studios in Secaucus, New Jersey.(Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /
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Third Round

The third round is where options become thin, players are usually looked at as depth assets and may have a hard road to cracking the NHL. With 20 picks in the third round only fourplayers (20%) have managed to play 50+ NHL games; however, Connor Dewar (2018) is well on his way with 30, Jack McBain (2018) looks like he will get his first look with Arizona this year, and Adam Beckman (2019) had a fantastic training camp earlier this year that saw him play 3 games in Minnesota.

One notable exception exists for the Wild in the form of:

Cal Clutterbuck: With 933 games, the still active 34-year-old will likely become the only Wild third rounder to break the 1,000 game mark next year as he just signed a two-year contract extension with the Islanders. Clutterbuck played six seasons with the Wild, though only saw two games in his first year.

Some other notable third rounders include:

Stephane Veilleux, Clayton Stoner, and Kurtis Gabriel

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