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Let’s talk about Minnesota Wild goaltending prospect Jesper Wallstedt, and his comments on how he thought he would be drafted by the Detroit Red Wings.
Article: https://theathletic.com/4147398/2023/02/02/jesper-wallstedt-wild-nhl
Thread: https://old.reddit.com/r/DetroitRedWings/comments/10rubx2/red_wings_had_around_10_interviews_with_wallstedt/
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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28 Comments
No idea what Yzerman was thinking here.
I was beyond happy when he slide to the Wild at 20. Trading with Edmonton to jump Boston was a great move by Guerin. Edmonton who needs goalies makes it even more of a head scratcher. Sometimes a GM can outsmart himself, this maybe one of those scenarios. 6-0 last 6, 1.93 GAA and no game has he given more then 2 goals. These are two of the best GM’s in hockey so most likely, both goalies will flourish,
however, I would rather have the Swede right now.
I'm in no position to doubt what Yzerman sees and does. He knows more than me and by a lot. But I'd been eyeing Wallstedt for probably a season and a half(maybe more) and when we traded up, that's who I thought we would take.
I think we all thought that. We know the Wings love their Swedes, I don't know what happened. Seems like a major fail to me. Even if Cossa pans out, Wallstedt is way ahead of him.
Shout out to Dustin Wolf who went 33-9-4 with a .924 save% as a 20 year old last year (winning goalie of the year). 26-6-1 with 928 save% this season as well. Insane AHL career so far for such a young goalie.
I still like Cossa
It’s looking like the rebuild still going cossa taking his time and Larkin might leave
It’s crazy to think when he got Ned and vrana they looked like great deals now ehh Now he might lose larkin for free Bert still gotta get a contract are pick us mid are D still sucks but I still trust Y even tho it’s looking verry bad rn
Maybe Yzerman saw something he didn't like about Wallstedt. Yzerman seems to judge players on character. I'm not disappointed yet. Cossa still might work out. Yzerman seems to be going with size. Edmonton screwed the pooch.
I really hope Cossa pans out. But I really really wanted Wallstedt 😭
Yzerman and the scouts were probably thinking Cossa had a higher ceiling at the time and that with Husso and Nedeljkovic combo would give Cossa time to develop. It still could turn out for the us, but it does not look good at the moment.
It's way to early to say if it was or wasn't the right move for Stevie Y? Time will tell
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imagine passing on wallstedt for that bust cossa 😂
As much as I want the whole team to be the Swedish mafia, I’m okay with giving cossa more time. But I cannot lie that wallstedt not getting picked hurts me. For now…
From the begging I said this is going to likely be an L for Yzerman and so far i’m right. Wallstedt is way better than Cossa as it stands. Even if he pans out i’m not confident it will be enough to justify the pick
Yzerman winged it, now Wallstedt is gonna go wild.
Oilers had like 6 goalies in the system its not an excuse to not draft a solid player but as you can see oilers are a mess atleast they are still better then the nucks in my opinion
I couldn't care less which goalie makes it to the NHL first. If next year Wallstedt is single-handedly carrying the Wild while Cossa is still in the minors, then I would say congratulations and best of luck to the Wild.
The only thing that matters to me is which one will be the better in the long run, when both have reached their peak. If (and only if) Wallstedt is clearly the better goalie at that time, then I will say that Yzerman messed up this draft pick. But today's stats will be long forgotten by then.
there may be a subtle nuance to goalies peaking early that isn't being addressed. we trusted Stevie for decades. he built a dynasty in Tampa. i will trust him till the wheels fall off.
just remember, judging kids, to become proper adults, is always a gamble.
This is the guy I wanted the Kings to jump up and grab but we just didn’t have the draft capital after trading for Arvy.
I just hope they do well because I have them both in my dynasty pool 😉
Cossa before Wallstedt was insane.
if steve took wallstedt and the reverse happened, everybody would be like what was he thinking?
I guess time will tell. But currently does not look good.
We clearly took the riskier player. Wallstedt is going to be a starter, possibly franchise goalie. Cossa’s development is currently fringe NHL goalie with a very high ceiling. In 2-3 years we still regret this pick, in 5 or 6 years we might not…
I wanted us to draft Wallstedt so badly, but I’m fine with Cossa. Still need like 3-4 years before we assess this draft anyway.
Way too early is right. The point that Wallstedt was already projected as a generational goalie does change the risk reward though.