Instead of tapping into the trade market to start to remodel a roster that has been under the microscope since General Manager Paul Fenton took over last month, the only move the team made was to keep its first-round pick and select Swedish Defenseman Filip Johansson at No.

Although huddling each team's brain trust on the draft floor for two days tends to activate the trade market, Fenton has preached patience in his renovation project of the Wild.

He models his game after fellow Swede Adam Larsson, who stars on the Oilers' blue line, and expects he'll need another year or two in Sweden to continue to develop.

Ranked as the 10th-best European skater by NHL Central Scouting, Johansson was projected to go later in the draft, but Wild officials said he was one of their targets and had been on the radar since November.

"He's a very smart defender," said senior vice president of hockey operations Brent Flahr, who mentioned Johansson as having top-four potential and playmaking instincts that mimic Wild defenseman Jonas Brodin's.

After the Sabres selected defenseman Rasmus Dahlin first overall and winger Andrei Svechnikov went next to the Hurricanes, both as expected, the intrigue picked up since the ensuing order was supposed to be tough to handicap.

Forwards Jason Zucker, Nino Niederreiter and Charlie Coyle still seem the most logical options to move out in favor of new pieces that could potentially spark the improvement the Wild is seeking to kick its habit of exiting the playoffs in the first round.