5th Round - 98th overall - From the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds...

DEFENSEMAN
6-4 - 200
Port Huron, Michigan
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>>>"Brandon Archibald is a physical blueliner that has the size to make it hurt," says Timberwolves general manager, Blake Wendt. "Patterns his game after Dion Phaneuf and that's something we look forward to seeing develop. He comes from the Detroit Honeybaked system and it shows. He's a smart player that altough very physical, he does not get himself into trouble by going out of his way to make a hit. Plays honest and forces the oppostion to adjust to his pairing being on the ice."
>>>Archibald will take part in the Post-Draft Prospect Camp in Thunder Bay later this month. From there it will be decided if he returns to Sault Ste. Marie or the other side of Lake Superior.