With the 86th pick in the 2021 NHL Draft, the Minnesota Wild selected centerman Caedan Bankier of the WHL’s Kamloops Blazers.
The six-foot-tall, 170-pound Bankier out of Surrey, British Columbia scored 18 goals and 43 points in 77 games with the Blazers over the last two seasons, playing on a Kamloops squad that also boasted Logan Stankoven, who was taken by the Dallas Stars in the second round.
The scouts at Elite Prospects say of Bankier: “He’s a skilled playmaker, pre-scanning for options then quickly passing to a teammate in scoring position.