The Minnesota Wild have had issues in drafting forwards in the last couple of years. With a few complete busts the Wild are banking that 2014 first round pick and recent signee Alex Tuch will reverse that trend.
The Minnesota Wild had a great draft in 2010. The list of forwards they brought in was impressive as it included Mikael Granlund, Jason Zucker, and Johan Larsson. However, the next year in 2011 was not kind to them as the Wild ended up wasting a first round pick on the underachieving Zack Phillips, and then in 2012 had the same issue again as their second round pick was wasted on Raphael Bussieres. It can be said that since the 2010 draft class the Wild have failed to produce a…