It may have just been an off-hand comment, but when writing about Sam Anas, a lot of the conversation with Iowa head coach Derek Lalonde was centered around scouts having some success picking up undrafted free agents.
Minnesota has given up a lot of draft picks in recent years as part of the “win now” mentality held by GM Chuck Fletcher and the front office, and Lalonde mentioned that there was a possibility that this might happen again this season as well.
On the prospect front, it’s maddening, but with potential diamonds in the rough like Brennan Menell, Zack Mitchell, Justin Kloos, and the aforementioned Sam Anas performing in Iowa, it doesn’t appear that the scouting staff has had challenges going after guys that were passed up by the, now, 31 other NHL franchises.