With their second pick in the draft's second round, the Minnesota Wild selected Rieger Lorenz of the Okotoks Oilers.
Rieger is committed to the University of Denver and will join some NHL prospects like Bobby Brink (Philadelphia Flyers) and Carter Mazur (Detroit Red Wings).
Ranked at 42 in Scott Wheeler of The Athletics Top 100 Prospects Ranking, Wheeler had this to say about the plus-sized winger;
The top NHL prospect at Canada’s Jr. A level this year, Lorenz, who posted 96 points in a 74 combined regular season and playoff games in the AJHL and impressed as one of Team Canada’s lone bright spots at U18 worlds (where they outscored the opposition 6-0 with him on the ice at five-on-five).