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Marco Rossi meets his NHL team – he’s going to the Minnesota Wild!
Feldkircher, 19, is chosen in ninth place. The game is in dire need of the center position, so there is a promising sporting outlook for Vorarlberg.
Minnesota hasn’t been one of the worst teams in the NHL in recent years, but it had nothing to do with the Stanley Cup, either. In 2020, Wild failed in the qualifying round with 1: 3 at the Vancoucer Canucks.
There are parallels to Thomas Vanek, who was selected fifth in 2003: The former Austrian NHL star played for Wild from 2014 to 2016, the now 36-year-old hails from the University of Minnesota and has also grown up with his family in Minnesota. installed.
Rossi has played in the Canadian Ontario Hockey League for Ottawa’s 67 over the past two years, scoring 76 goals and 133 assists in 126 games. With right wing Jack Quinn (8th / Buffalo), a former teammate is pushed in front of Rossi.
Against Rossi, the expected first 3 are drawn: Alexis Lafreniere (New York Rangers), Quinton Byfield (Los Angeles Kings) and Tim Stützle (Ottawa Senators), followed by Swedish wingers Lucas Raymond (4th / Detroit) and Alexander. Holtz (7th / New Jersey), as well as top-ranked Defenders Jake Sanderson (5th / Ottawa) and Jamie Drysdale (6th / Anaheim).
For LAOLA1 expert Bernd Freimüller, the game was the absolute dream destination:
General situation
The Wild hasn’t budged for years: He was never a factor in the playoffs, but never bad enough for top draft picks. An endless existence of mediocrity that GM Bill Guerin is keen to break in his second year in office. However, neither the current roster nor the reserve provide cause for great optimism.
Matrix center position
Guerin’s big trade so far: Eric Staal (35) was sent to Buffalo in exchange for Marcus Johansson. Johansson is five years younger, but he’s actually a wing who didn’t look good at center with the Sabers last season, but he’s ready to play there again in Minnesota. After Staal, club legend Mikko Koivu also played his last match after 16 years in the organization.
That leaves Joel Eriksson Ek (never in double-digit goals in three years), Alex Galchenyuk (not likely to extend after a disastrous preseason) and possibly burly Nick Bjugstad, who is also better on the wing, as center. . Victor Rask has become a terrible failure since his exchange with Carolina. Luke Kunin could also move to the middle if the man needed it.
Center Prospects
Nico Sturm (24), whose transition from college to the Iowa farm team went well, could become a full-time NHL player next season. Alex Khovanov recently dominated the QMJHL and brings offensive hope, but he certainly needs more maturity in the AHL.
Fit for Rossi?
If not here, then where? Minnesota currently has arguably the most questionable centerline in the league (ahead of Free Agency). The question for Rossi is not if, but how high will he play …
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