Wilderness Walk: Too bad the Wild are good

Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty ImagesIt has been a while that the upcoming NHL Draft features a generational talent. Maybe not since Auston Matthews has there been this clamoring for teams to win the lottery and get the first overall pick to then have their team set for the next decade or so.

Connor Bedard is making teams go nuts, and rightly so. Still 17 years old, Bedard has already broken the Canadian record for most goals and points at the World Juniors tournament, and passed Jaromir Jagr for most points scored by someone 18 years of age or younger. This is insane.

So, as fans of the Minnesota Wild, who rarely ever get to even think about drafting in the first five picks, let alone the…