Chart: Facts and figures on the NHL draft
1. Colorado
2. Florida
3. Tampa Bay
4. Nashville
5. Carolina
6. Calgary
7. Edmonton
8. Buffalo
9. New Jersey
10. Dallas
11. Philadelphia
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12. Phoenix
13. Winnipeg
14. Columbus
15. N.Y. Islanders
16. Buffalo (from Wild)
17. Ottawa
18. Detroit
19. Columbus (from N.Y.R.)
20. San Jose
21. Toronto
22. Calgary (from St. Louis)
23. Washington
24. Vancouver
25. Montreal
26. Anaheim
27. Columbus (from L.A.)
28. Calgary (from Pitt.)
29. Dallas (from Boston)
30. Chicago
Top-ranked prospects
NamePos.2012-13 team
Seth JonesDPortland (Western Hockey League)
Nathan MacKinnonCHalifax (Quebec Major Junior Hockey League)
Jonathan DrouinLWHalifax (Quebec Major Junior Hockey League)
Aleksander BarkovCTappara (Finland)
Valeri NichushkinRWChelyabinsk 2 (Russia)
top-ranked minnesota prospects
NHL Central Scouting Bureau's top five North American skaters from Minnesota:
Rank/namePos.Hometown2012-13 team
44. Tommy VannelliDVictoriaMinnetonka H.S.
45. Connor HurleyCEdinaEdina H.S.
64. Teemu KivihalmeDSavageBurnsville H.S.
77. Avery PetersonCGrand RapidsGrand Rapids H.S.
81. Blake HeinrichDCambridgeSioux City (USHL)
round-by-round Wild picks
First (0): Pick traded to Buffalo in Jason Pominville deal
Second (1): 46th overall
Third (2): 70th (from N.J. in Marek Zidlicky deal) and 81st (from S.J. in ames Sheppard deal)
Fourth (1): 107th
Fifth (1): 137th
Sixth (1): 167th
Seventh (2): 197th and 200th (from N.Y.R. in Casey Wellman deal)
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