Scouting Symphony - Minnesota Wild Mock Draft 2.0
We're here once again. I love doing these, as you can perhaps tell. You see, I really feel like professional sports is like the ultimate reality show - raw, genuine, and totally real. Seeing the almost Julio-Claudian rise and fall of teams, coaches, executives, and of course - players - over the course of several years is part of that equation. It's not just about how many games your team wins in a given year, or how many goals Kirill Kaprizov can score. It's about a lot more. It's about how the decisions your team makes fits in within the larger narrative. Kirill Kaprizov means so much to us because of what came before - he's a total outlier. Someone unique, a brazen mark of heat within the icy evenness of the Wild's legacy. Which brings me to this practice of investigating the draft, investigating the next generation of hockey heroes. We really don't know what's in store for these kids yet - whether we'll think of them as stars, villains, savio...