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Dallas Stars: A Breakdown of the Central Division’s First Round Draft Picks

By Avery Klatsky

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ST PAUL, MN – APRIL 15: Matt Dumba #24 and Nino Niederreiter #22 of the Minnesota Wild celebrate a winning Game Three of the Western Conference First Round against the Winnipeg Jets during the 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Xcel Energy Center on April 15, 2018 in St Paul, Minnesota. The Wild defeated the Jets 6-2. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)
ST PAUL, MN – APRIL 15: Matt Dumba #24 and Nino Niederreiter #22 of the Minnesota Wild celebrate a winning Game Three of the Western Conference First Round against the Winnipeg Jets during the 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Xcel Energy Center on April 15, 2018 in St Paul, Minnesota. The Wild defeated the Jets 6-2. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images) /

Minnesota Wild

Drafted player: Filip Johansson, D (24th Overall)

Height: 6’ 1”

Weight: 176 lbs.

Shoots: R

The Wild drafted Swedish defender Filip Johansson with the 24th pick. Johansson, who played for Leksand’s Junior team in Sweden, scoring 4 goals and had 5 assists in 29 games.

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The Wild pulled this pick out of a hat it seems, as Johansson was ranked #55 by hockeyprospect.com, #68 by Future Considerations, #39 by ISS Hockey, and #54 by TSN/McKenzie. Although these rankings seem to be fairly high, NHL Central Scouting had him 10th among European skaters. 

NBC Analyst Craig Button said “[Johansson] doesn’t do any one thing really well.” It is puzzling as to why the Wild picked him in the first round, but they do need help defensively.

Minnesota only had a +21 goal difference last season, giving up 232 and scoring 253. Assuming Johansson makes the league, he will join Ryan Suter, Jared Spurgeon, Matt Dumba, and others on the blue line.

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