The Minnesota Wild traded their third-round pick in 2020 to the Nashville Predators for a third-round pick (75th overall) in this year’s draft. With this pick, they have drafted center Adam Beckman from the Spokane Chiefs of the Western Hockey League.
In Beckman’s first full season in the WHL last year, he tallied 32 goals and 30 assists in 68 games — nearly a point-per-game production. He ranked first in goals, fifth in assists and fourth in total points for the Chiefs.
The 6-foot-1, 168-pound forward was ranked as high as 36th overall (ISS Hockey) and as low as 172nd overall (McKeen’s Hockey).