Bob McKenzie's rankings, cultivated from the scouting community, had him ranked 32nd in this year's class. Even so, Heidt had no business falling to Pick 64. The public sphere was higher on Heidt than NHL scouts were, clearly. He has a keen understanding of how much power to put on his passes, enabling the recipient to easily corral the puck."
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Per FC Hockey's Draft Guide: "Heidt excels at dictating pace, where his elite vision and ability to thread passes through tight windows are apparent. His brain and quick passing keeps things moving. Heidt may not have more than average speed, but it's not just straight-line skating that plays fast. Elite Prospects called him "one of the rare triple-threat scorers in this draft, a player who can beat you with his hands, shot, and pass in equal measure." That well-rounded skill set and a surprising amount of Bill Guerin/ Dean Evason jam earned Heidt a comparison to an "Angry Nick Schmaltz" by Elite Prospects. It's not just the stats that impress with Heidt, but the skills, too. It's a stone's throw away from 2011 first-overall pick Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (1.54). Heidt's 1.43 points per game in the WHL easily bests the draft-year paces of Mathew Barzal (1.30), Point (1.26), Brayden Schenn (1.26), and Dylan Cozens (1.24), who all turned into top-six NHL forwards. The draft is going to be the most optimistic time for prospect evaluations, and the word "steal" gets thrown around a lot. He was the second-to-last of those 17 to go off the board, with just the cement-footed Koehn Ziemmer falling further. According to Hockey Prospecting, which projects prospects based on their production, he was one of 17 players in this draft class who had a greater than 40% chance of turning into a star player.
They probably shouldn't have been in a position to draft Heidt anyway, not on Day 2. Why? Because without Pick 64, their second second-round pick, they'd never have drafted Riley Heidt. And as much as fans might have liked Yager, Honzek, or Moore, the State of Hockey should be relieved they didn't move up. Such a move would likely have required either one or both of their second-round picks to climb up the board. But Brayden Yager, Sam Honzek, and Oliver Moore got picked in the mid-to-late teens, and it seems like it should've been possible for Minnesota to grab one of those guys. A move into the Top-10 to grab the likes of Leo Carlsson, Adam Fantilli, Will Smith, Nate Danielson, or Dalibor Dvorsky was clearly never happening. There was a clamor for the Wild to move up in a deep 2023 Draft to grab one of the top center prospects.
The Nashville Predators couldn't parlay one of the world's best goalie prospects in Yaroslav Askarov, presumably with at least another first-round pick, to vault into the top-10. Teams absolutely tried to move up the board, and failed. Not only were there zero trades in the first round, but there were only three trades at the draft altogether. If you're wondering why the Minnesota Wild didn't trade up at last week's NHL Draft, the answer is simple: Nobody could.
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