The Wild — and bluntly, Wild fans — are starving for a goal scorer.



They hope to have one now in Dmitry Sokolov.



Sokolov, a 20-year-old native of Omsk, Russia, signed his entry-level, three-year contract with the Wild earlier this week after the Barrie Colts were eliminated from the Ontario Hockey League playoffs.



While he can technically still return to Barrie in the fall, it’d be a shock if the Wild don’t start his pro career. With development in the minors, Sokolov could very well turn into a seventh-round steal by Brent Flahr and his scouting staff.



In the two years since the Wild drafted him, Sokolov has scored 98 OHL goals.



“I’d hazard a guess he’s got to rank one or two in goals for all players since being drafted (in 2016),” Barrie Colts general manager Jason Ford said during an interview with The Athletic on Friday. Incidentally, that was a great guess by Ford. Sokolov is tied for the...