Thunder Bay, ONT-...With their fourth pick in the 2009 Entry Draft, the Thunder Bay Timberwolves went a route they have been known to do in drafts past. Taking a U.S. high school player for Blake Wendt is the norm this time of year.
...From the prestigious high school of Edina in an upscale community outside of the Twin Cities, Zach Budish joins a long list of fellow Minnesota high schoolers to put on a Timberwolves sweater on draft day.
...In Budish, Thunder Bay gets a hulking winger with an already pro-built body (6'3" 230 lbs) and someone not likely to have fallen all the way down to 40th overall if he had been born a year earlier.
..."Zach suffered a devastating knee injury playing football prior to his hockey season at Edina," said Timberwolves GM Blake Wendt. "He tore his ACL and missed his entire senior season. Definately a reason why I'm sure everyone was passing on him. We were not concerned after seeing him in prior to the injury and after for a few Minnesota Elite games and the Combine. The knee seems to have healed and our medical staff that evaluated him had no worries. Zach is going to be an amazing pro player. Some say his game emulates that of Keith Tkachuk, but Zach's bigger. We're perfectly fine with that."
...Budish is expected play at the University of Minnesota next season. A place some call the Timberwolves 'real' minor-league affiliate.
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