Inside Scott Wheeler’s Bold 2022 NHL Draft Shake-Up: Which Stars Rise and Fall?
24. Minnesota Wild: RHD Elias Salomonsson
Actual draft pick: No. 55 (change: +31) to Winnipeg
My final ranking: No. 39 (change: +15)
Salomonsson, like Luneau, was viewed as a first-rounder at 16 and then became a second-rounder at 17 when his draft year had some ups and downs and didn’t meet expectations. And like with Luneau, I was higher on the player through that than most. Now he’s a big, strong, competitive, physical, highly mobile two-way D coming off an excellent AHL season on a bad AHL team who looks destined to become a good NHL D.
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