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Mikael Granlund taken ninth overall by the Minnesota Wild:

The Minnesota Wild sign Minnesota native and Miami University RedHawks senior forward Jarod Palmer.

University of Massachusetts-Amherst Minuteman sophomore forward Casey Wellman has signed with the Minnesota Wild and could be in the Wild’s lineup tonight against the Edmonton Oilers.   Wellman is a Brentwood, California, native.
 

From Southern California, San Jacinto-native and Northeastern University Husky freshman defenseman Jake Newton is rumored to be signing with the Anaheim Ducks in the near future.

From Ken Daneyko to Mike Brennan, my favorite players are often defensemen, the more D-oriented the better. It didn’t feel right to highlight the high scorers in the earlier post on completing the U20 camp galleries, especially since the US D shut out the Russians in one game and held them to only 1 goal in two others (the Russians scored 6 in Friday’s game, but that’s just being a polite host, right?). So here are the 10 defensemen who took part in the full camp. Posted previously – Cam Fowler and John Moore.

John Carlson (Washington Capitals):

Adam Comrie (Guelph Storm/Florida Panthers):

Matt Donovan (University of Denver/New York Islanders):

Jake Gardiner (University of Wisconsin/Anaheim Ducks):

Nick Leddy (University of Minnesota/Minnesota Wild):

Aaron Ness (University of Minnesota/New York Islanders):

David Warsofsky (Boston University/St. Louis Blues):

Chris Wideman (Miami University/Ottawa Senators):

Meant to get some posts up related to the Traverse City tournament  (sadly not actually there) yesterday and earlier today, but had some major issues with the blog on the admin side.

The Minnesota Wild ended up leading the Western division of the tournament (also included St. Louis, Columbus & Dallas).  The Wild’s coverage of the tournament can be found here  (see links in the article’s sidebar).  One of the Wild’s 15 ATOs in the camp was Tyler Johnson (earlier blog gallery).  The Wild’s GM said “He’s shown tremendous hockey sense. He’s been quick. He’s been smart. He’s been poised. And he’s drawn a few penalties with his intensity. He’s been a real factor in the 72 shots we’ve had. With smaller players, you never give them the benefit of the doubt. They have to prove it.”   Johnson has been invited to the Wild’s training camp.