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Let’s talk about Minnesota Wild goaltending prospect Jesper Wallstedt, and some teams who decided not to pick him back at the 2021 NHL Draft.
This video is taking place after the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2022 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) Montreal Canadiens, Juraj Slafkovsky
2nd) New Jersey Devils, Simon Nemec
3rd) Arizona Coyotes, Logan Cooley
4th) Seattle Kraken, Shane Wright
5th) Philadelphia Flyers, Cutter Gauthier
6th) Columbus Blue Jackets (from Chicago Blackhawks), David Jiricek
7th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Ottawa Senators), Kevin Korchinski
8th) Detroit Red Wings, Marco Kasper
9th) Buffalo Sabres, Matthew Savoie
10th) Anaheim Ducks, Pavel Mintyukov
11th) Arizona Coyotes (from San Jose Sharks), Conor Geekie
12th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Denton Mateychuk
13th) Chicago Blackhawks (from New York Islanders), Frank Nazar
14th) Winnipeg Jets, Rutger McGroarty
15th) Vancouver Canucks, Jonathan Lekkerimaki
16th) Buffalo Sabres (Vegas Golden Knights), Noah Ostlund
17th) Nashville Predators, Joakim Kemell
18th) Dallas Stars, Lian Bichsel
19th) Minnesota Wild (from LA Kings), Liam Ohgren
20th) Washington Capitals, Ivan Miroshnichenko
21st) Pittsburgh Penguins, Owen Pickering
22nd) Anaheim Ducks (from Boston Bruins), Nathan Gaucher
23rd) St. Louis Blues, Jimmy Snuggerud
24th) Minnesota Wild, Danila Yurov
25th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Sam Rinzel
26th) Montreal Canadiens (from Calgary Flames), Filip Mesar
27th) San Jose Sharks (from Carolina Hurricanes via Arizona Coyotes and Montreal Canadiens), Filip Bystedt
28th) Buffalo Sabres (from Florida Panthers), Jiri Kulich
29th) Arizona Coyotes (from Edmonton Oilers), Maveric Lamoureux
30th) Winnipeg Jets (from New York Rangers), Brad Lambert
31st) Tampa Bay Lightning, Isaac Howard
32nd) Edmonton Oilers (from Colorado Avalanche via Arizona Coyotes), Reid Schaefer
This video is also taking place after 2022 NHL Season, and after the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Finals.
Both Jesper Wallstedt and Sebastian Cossa were top NHL prospects at the 2021 NHL Entry Draft.
The 2021 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) Buffalo Sabres, Owen Power
2nd) Seattle Kraken, Matty Beniers
3rd) Anaheim Ducks, Mason McTavish
4th) New Jersey Devils, Luke Hughes
5th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Kent Johnson
6th) Detroit Red Wings, Simon Edvinsson
7th) San Jose Sharks, William Eklund
8th) Los Angeles Kings, Brandt Clarke
9th) Arizona Coyotes (from Vancouver Canucks), Dylan Guenther
10th) Ottawa Senators, Tyler Boucher
11th) Arizona Coyotes, FORFEITED
12th) Columbus Blue Jackets (from Chicago Blackhawks), Cole Sillinger
13th) Calgary Flames, Matthew Coronato
14th) Buffalo Sabres (from Philadelphia Flyers), Isak Rosén
15th) Detroit Red Wings (from Dallas Stars), Sebastian Cossa
16th) New York Rangers, Brennan Othmann
17th) St. Louis Blues, Zachary Bolduc
18th) Winnipeg Jets, Chaz Lucius
19th) Nashville Predators, Fedor Svechkov
20th) Minnesota Wild (from Edmonton Oilers), Jesper Wallstedt
21st) Boston Bruins, Fabian Lysell
22nd) Edmonton Oilers (from Minnesota Wild), Xavier Bourgault
23rd) Dallas Stars (from Washington Capitals via Detroit Red Wings), Wyatt Johnson
24th) Florida Panthers, Mackie Samoskevich
25th) Columbus Blue Jackets (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Corson Ceulemans
26th) Minnesota Wild (from Pittsburgh Penguins), Carson Lambos
27th) Nashville Predators (from Carolina Hurricanes), Zachary L’Heureux
28th) Colorado Avalanche, Oskar Olausson
29th) New Jersey Devils (from New York Islanders), Chase Stillman
30th) Vegas Golden Knights, Zach Dean
31st) Montreal Canadiens, Logan Mailloux
32nd) Chicago Blackhawks (from Tampa Bay Lightning via Columbus Blue Jackets), Nolan Allan
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24 Comments
The Sens, Oilers and Sabres could use him rn
Man I still have hope on Cossa alr
I trusted Stevie taking Cossa but my gut told me that was a big mistake Jesper should have been the choice🤷♂ I was actually more surprised he fell right into the Oilers lap and Holland didn't take him.
Montreal should trade for him
Lol little early to be praising this guy he’s not in the NHL yet, oilers have Skinner we had no reason to draft him. Bourgault looks to be a top6 nhl forward and muzzenbuger is tracking well. At the time I was mad but looking back now I’m fine with it lol.
The choice of Cossa over Wallstedt could be the first mistake of Steve Y's tenure in Detroit – however I do think it's still too early to make that judgement and goalies are voodoo don't forget. This one should be reviewed in 3 or 4 years time I think.
I would trust the red wings and their scouting especially in Sweden.
I agree 👍
The Tyler Boucher could be justified as it would fill a need if he develops properly as a very solid depth forward, but to skip on Wallstedt, I dunno. I think this trade will work out as pairing Boucher with Grieg would be absolute chaos, and maybe paired with Sokolov could be dynamic, time will tell. Too early to predict anything from a draft not even 2 years ago.
I watched Cossa play a few weeks ago at Kalamazoo wings stadium…….not impressive at all! He also seemed uninterested imo.
Obviously not an expert in sports medicine. The only concern as a Wild fan is that he seems to get hurt for a month at a time for the last few years. That might be somewhat normal for goalies, I don't know, but if health isn't a problem going forward, he looks great.
Judd Brackett rules!
I'm surprised Yzerman didn't take Wallstedt considering he was a Swede playing in the SHL at the time of the draft, but it's not exactly difficult to understand why he took a gamble on Cossa. He's 6'6 and exceptionally athletic, two traits that can't exactly be taught. Any of the other flaws in his game can easily be worked on through development, so his theoretical ceiling is pretty high if he's developed properly. He's also got great character and supreme confidence, so he's definitely coachable. That said, he's at least another 2-3 years out from being an NHL-level goaltender, whereas I can see Jesper making the jump as early as next year if he continues to improve. These two will be compared for the rest of their careers assuming they both become NHL-level starters.
detroit really drafted cossa oer wallstedt, yzerman is so overrated.
Oilers passed on him because they had Skinner and knew he was good… ALL STAR Skinner proved them right.
Forget u Lego
Van city sucks you could use all the help u can get
😪
That's the Guenther draft. And if we're talking about the Sens 'flubbing' it with Boucher, but with that player though, it didn't help him to go to Boston. But if we're talking about Guenther, 15 points in 32 games as an Arizona Coyote. Go figure. Maybe Vancouver trades Poolman to Vegas to clear bad debt with a draft pick?
im not worried. they all said Big Rass was a bust. now he lookng lke a badder mantha
Ok, blast us 😭
Xavier Bourgault best be a difference maker for the Oilers next season, otherwise this is an epic fail.
So basically the whole point of this is to trash the Oilers…well done. 12 minutes I’ll never get back
Im a Iowa wild fan and been to all home games and his game is definitely impressive but you also got to acknowledge the team defense as well.
Let's look at teams that passed up a player. No! I have a life peace out.