Mikael Granlund
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Mikael Granlund

Hometown:

Oulu Finland

Team:

Minnesota Wild

Currently Playing In:

Europe

Birthday:

1992-02-26
Position:

C
Eligible for draft:

2010
Shoots:

Left
Drafted:

2010
Height:

5-10
Acquired:

1st round (9th overall), 2010
Weight:

179 lbs.
Prospect Talent Score
8.0

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Probability of Success
  • B

2008-09: Played for Karpat in the Finnish Junior "A" league.  In 35 games, Granlund scored 21 goals and 36 assists for 57 points.  Played for Finland at both the U-20 and U-18 World Junior Championships.  In 6 games at the U-20, Granlund scored 2 goals and 1 assist for 3 points.  At the U-18 tournament, he scored 2 goals and added 11 assists for 13 points.

2009-10: Played for HIFK in Finland’s top league.  In 43 games, Granlund scored 13 goals and added 27 assists for 40 points.  Granlund scored 1 goal and notched 5 assists in 6 playoff games.  Granlund once again represented Finland at both the U-20 and U-18 World Junior Championships.  In 6 games at the U-20, Granlund scored 1 goal and added 6 assists for 7 points.  At the U-18, he netted 4 goals and added 9 assists for 13 points in 6 games.

2010-11: Granlund’s highlight reel goal for Finland at the 2011 IIHF World Championship was perhaps the most memorable moment in a season in which he won championships in Finland’s SM-Liiga and with Team Finland. Granlund skated in 39 games in his second season with HIFK in the SM-Liiga – missing time due to a concussion. Playing alongside former NHLer Ville Peltonen, he scored 8 goals with 28 assists and was +6 with 14 PMs. In 15 playoff games he scored 5 goals with 11 assists and was +2 with 4 PMs as HIFK won the Kanada Cup. Granlund was unable to play in the 2011 U20 World Junior Championship in January but played for Finland’s mens national team as a 19-year old. In nine games he scored 2 goals with 7 assists and Finland defeated Sweden to win its first world title since 1995.
 

Strong rebuilding effort shows in Minnesota prospect awards

by Peter Prohaska
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Photo: Matt Hackett has gradually over the past year to become one of the top goaltending prospects in all of hockey. (Photo courtesy of

Russell Lansford/Icon SMI)

Over the last several seasons the Minnesota Wild have filled their pipeline to the brim with highly regarded prospects; a strategy which is starting to pay early dividends at the NHL level. Below is the inaugural edition of the Wild's prospect awards.

Most Improved Prospect: Johan Gustafsson, G, Luleå HF (SEL)
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Top 10 Finnish Forwards

by Tony Piscotta
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Photo: Minnesota Wild prospect Mikael Granlund is the top NHL prospect currently playing in Finland. Granlund is widely considered one of the top players in the world not playing in North America. (Photo courtesy of Vincent Muzik/Icon SMI)

Two centers and nine wingers currently comprise the contingent of forwards with NHL ties that skated in Finland's SM-Liiga this past season. The mix of forwards skating in Finland is a wide range offers a wide range of skill sets – with a few players that were high scorers in the junior level and others who are solid two-way players.

With the exception of HIFK's Mikael Granlund, who will skate for Finland at the upcoming IIHF World Championship and figures to make a strong push for a spot with the Wild this summer, most are not expected to make an impact at the NHL level until 2013-14 at the earliest.


1. Mikael Granlund, HIFK Helsinki Read more»

Northwest: Wild’s struggles not without a silver lining

by Blake Benzel
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Photo: While the Minnesota Wild have struggled badly in the second half of the 2011-12 season, there is hope for the future in the form of prospects like Charlie Coyle of the Saint John Sea Dogs (courtesy of Dave Connell/HF)

 

 

The Minnesota Wild have had a dismal season this year. From losing three of their top-six forwards to injury for a bulk of the season to their historic slide from the top of the NHL to a lottery pick, this season has been memorable in Minnesota for all of the wrong reasons.

But there’s reason to be optimistic in Minnesota.

First, you only have to look at the Wild’s record before their slide started. At 20-7-3, no one would deny that the Wild were overachieving, but it was how they were overachieving that was of note.
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