There were a couple of lone bright spots during the ever so short tenure of former Minnesota Wild general manager Paul Fenton. The brightest seems to be the one-for-one trade that brought Kevin Fiala to the State of Hockey. But right behind that, many would argue the selection of Adam Beckman in the third round of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft would be the second best thing the franchise did while Fenton was at the helm.
Age: 19
After 74 players were drafted ahead of him in the summer of 2019, the Saskatoon, Sask. native did nothing short of fantastic as he went on to be named not only the Western Hockey League’s Most Valuable Player, but MVP of the entire Canadian Hockey League for the 2019-20 season.