Per Elloitte Friedman and his 31 Thoughts column; Minnesota Wild General Manager, Paul Fenton is attempting to create positive relationships with both the 2017 6th round pick (178th overall), Andrei Svetlakov and the higher-rated 2015 5th round pick (135th overall), Kirill Kaprizov.
Both players represent solid prospects in the Minnesota Wild system, even more interesting is the fact they both were later round picks but are drawing such attention from the organisation already.
Paul Fenton had the following to say about Kirill Kaprizov:
‘I’ve watched him from afar, now I’m going to look at him in a different light.