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Wild fans, the 2020 National Hockey League Entry Draft is here!
2020 has been an unpredictable year, and this year’s draft will be no different. After the draft lottery winner New York Rangers select consensus first-overall pick Alexis Lafrenière as expected, just about anything can and likely will happen. Will a big name fall to the Wild at the ninth overall selection? Will they trade up or down in draft order? Will they trade Matt Dumba? Zach Parise? Someone else? So many questions needing answers, and we’re about to get them.
As always, you can expect Hockey Wilderness to have all the news, notes and analysis on every player selected by Minnesota, from No. 9 overall to the depths of the seventh round.
How to watch
First round
Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 6:00 PM CDT
Location: Live via videoconferencing, hosted at the NHL Network Studios in Secaucus, NJ.
TV: NBCSN (USA), Sportsnet, TVA Sports (Canada)
Draft preview
Prepare for a busy couple of days with our NHL Draft content from the past month:
Possible Wild selections at No. 9 overall
Wild Mock Drafts
Wild-only seven round mock draft
SB Nation Mock Draft: Wild select Alexander Holtz
Offseason Trades and Transactions
Devan Dubnyk traded to Sharks for 2022 fifth-round pick
Carson Soucy re-signed to three-year, $8.25 million deal
Ryan Donato traded to Sharks for 2021 third round-pick
Nico Sturm re-signed to two-year, $1.45 million deal
Jonas Brodin re-signed to seven-year, $42 million deal
Eric Staal traded to Sabres for Marcus Johansson
Wild acquire Nick Bjugstad for conditional seventh-round pick
Just for fun
What if the Wild had a do-over on drafts in the 2010s?
2020 NHL First Round Draft Order
3. Ottawa Senators (from San Jose Sharks)
10. Winnipeg Jets
12. Florida Panthers
13. Carolina Hurricanes (from Toronto Maple Leafs)
14. Edmonton Oilers
15. Toronto Maple Leafs (from Pittsburgh Penguins)
18. New Jersey Devils (from Arizona Coyotes)
19. Calgary Flames
20. New Jersey Devils (from Tampa Bay Lightning via Vancouver Canucks)
22. New York Rangers (from Carolina Hurricanes)
26. St. Louis Blues
27. Anaheim Ducks (from Boston Bruins)
28. Ottawa Senators (from New York Islanders)
30. Dallas Stars
31. San Jose Sharks (from Tampa Bay Lightning)