Judd Brackett Talks Up Wild Prospect Charlie Stramel

The Minnesota Wild made a controversial pick with their first-round selection of the 2023 NHL Draft. Instead of high-scoring winger Gabe Perrault, or gutsy forward Quentin Musty, or translatable center Calum Ritchie — you get where we’re going with this — they drafted the very large center, Charlie Stramel.

Stramel was coming off a season with just 12 points in 33 games for the University of Wisconsin for his draft year, so it was a shocking pick. In his season after he was drafted, he actually scored fewer points, with just eight in 34 games for Wisconsin. This caused him to enter the transfer portal and is now heading to Michigan State.

Hopefully we get to see more from the 6-foot-3 center in a new environment, but regardless, Wild director of amateur scouting Judd Brackett sat down with The Athletic and gave a quick rundown of their impression of Stramel and what they hope for him in the upcoming season.