The Minnesota Wild signed Wild prospect Riley Heidt to a three-year, entry-level contract which will start next season. The 2023 second round pick (64th overall) has 34 goals and 114 points in 65 games for Prince George of the Western Hockey League. He’s the third player in the history of Prince George to score 100 points and is the all-time assist leader. The 18-year-old forward will either have to play with the N-H-L club next season or go back to Prince George. Matt Hendicks, a former NHL’er now working as the assistant director of player development, joined KFAN’s Beyond the Pond on Saturday morning:

On what he likes about Riley Heidt as a player:

On SCSU defenseman Jake Peart, a Wild second round pick in 2021:

On what Peart’s strengths are:

On defenseman Daemon Hunt, a Wild third round pick in 2020, who spent most of the season in Iowa but also got 12 games with the big club:

On the American Hockey League and making the jump from Iowa to Minnesota:

On Wild rookie Marat Khusnutdinov now five games into his NHL career: