Armchair Scout
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Daemon Hunt

Minnesota Wild Defense

A third-round defenceman getting his first real look, with no goals and not much evidence either way.

SeasonGPGAPTS+/-PIMPPSHGWSS%TOI
2025-2632066-36000190.012:26
Career45077-46000280.012:05

Last Season

No goals and six assists in 32 games on twelve and a half minutes a night, minus-three. Across 45 career games he has seven points.

The Finesse Game

The skating is the tool that got him here — he moves well in both directions and can escape a forecheck, which is the baseline requirement for a modern defenceman.

Nineteen shots in thirty-two games says a player being asked to keep things simple, and doing so. There is not enough offensive evidence to judge; what there is suggests a puck-mover rather than a producer.

The Physical Game

Six-one and 193, and he is willing without dominating. He can be out-muscled in front of his own net and holds up adequately on the wall.

The Intangibles

Twenty-four, a third-round pick, and now past the point where a defence prospect is developing rather than proving. The club gave him thirty-two games and did not appear to regret it.

Everything about him is still open. A third pairing on a team with an ageing right side is a real opportunity, and this is the season he either takes it or becomes organisational depth.