The Wild's goaltending is set for next season, but the team has a new prospect to consider for the future.
After trading up to acquire the 20th overall pick from Edmonton, the Wild landed one of the most prized goalies available in the draft in Jesper Wallstedt.
It used it's second first-rounder (No. 26) to add defenseman Carson Lambos of the Western Hockey League's Winnipeg Ice.
"We're extremely happy," General Manager Bill Guerin said. "Both kids were rated much higher on our lists than we got them. Two very good players. Exactly what we needed, so we're extremely happy."
This is the just the second time in Wild history the team has made two first-round selections.
Wallstedt is the highest-drafted Swedish goalie in NHL history and the first netminder to be taken in the first round by the Wild. The team didn't want to risk Boston nabbing him one pick ahead of the Wild at 22, so the team sent that selection to the Oilers along with a third-round pick (90th overall) to snag Wallstedt at 20.
"We felt it was an easy price to pay to move up a couple spots and grab him there," Guerin said.
Wild brass tried to trade up a couple times earlier in the first round, but nothing came to fruition. The team has six more picks on Saturday when the draft continues with Rounds 2-7.