Joe O'Connor writes in the National Post, “It was going to be a sappy moment, and Colin Wilson knew it. But he did not care. He was going to run back out onto the floor of Scotiabank Place and give his good buddy, Chet Pickard, a great big hug. How could he not? Wilson and Pickard were, as Pickard says, ‘attached at the hip’ growing up in Winnipeg. Their sisters are good friends. Their families are great friends. And the two boys played on the same hockey team up until a few years ago. Now here they were, together again at the NHL draft on Friday night, two first-round picks of the Nashville Predators. Wilson was the seventh player to go; Pickard went 18th.”

Scott Cruickshank writes in the Calgary Herald, “As long as there's rain in Manitoba, there's no danger of Carey Wilson's draft day fading into the mists of time. Because when the Wilson clan is at the cottage, when dark clouds start to roll in, when practicality outweighs fashion? Inevitably, someone tugs on that old Chicago Blackhawks jacket -- the lone memento of Wilson's selection, 67th overall, in the 1980 National Hockey League draft. No fanfare back then.”

Kevin Allen writes in the USA Today, “As much as Boston University center Colin Wilson awed scouts with his bench-pressing prowess at the NHL scouting combine, it will be the intangibles that will weigh heaviest in his favor in today's NHL draft. Detroit Red Wings assistant general manager Jim Nill says Wilson projects to one day be an NHL captain. ‘Leadership qualities are written all over him,’ Atlanta Thrashers general manager Don Waddell says.”

Stephen Harris writes in the Boston Herald, “In their appraisals of young prospects, NHL people will commonly be heard listing the player’s positive attributes, his skating, his puck skills, etc., but then add the caveat, ‘He has to get stronger.’ No one will be making that comment about Boston University center Colin Wilson.”

Andrew Merritt writes in the New England Hockey Journal, “Colin Wilson comes from hockey. The son and grandson of former NHL players, Wilson has been on a specific track all his life – even, it seems, from the day he was born.  Soon, Colin will extend the family’s NHL bloodline. The Boston University standout is the top-ranked New England native and college prospect heading into the 2008 NHL Entry Draft – listed No. 10 overall by the NHL’s Central Scouting Service. He may even be a top-five pick, with the New York Islanders (picking fifth) showing some interest.”

Don McGowan writes in the Vancouver Sun, "At the National Hockey League entry draft later this month, Colin Wilson might have to wait for 65 names to be called before he can offer a little friendly needling to his father, former NHLer Carey Wilson. Fact is, he won't have to wait nearly that long. Carey Wilson, a skilled centre who played 10 seasons in the NHL with the Calgary Flames, New York Rangers and Hartford Whalers, was the 67th pick overall in the 1980 NHL entry draft."

Adam Kimelman writes on NHL.com, "It's hard to overshadow Colin Wilson. At 6-foot-1 and 215 pounds, the power forward blots a lot out by himself. But last season with the U.S. National Team Development Program, Wilson was stuck behind James van Riemsdyk, a 6-3, 190-pound player with a similar style. While van Riemsdyk was taken by the Philadelphia Flyers with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, Wilson had to look forward to college. Born six months after van Riemsdyk and a month later than the cutoff for '07 draft, Wilson accepted a scholarship from Boston University."

Brad Holland writes on NHL.com, "Meet Colin Wilson, Boston University's answer to the Six Million Dollar Man. If you were going to build the perfect hockey player, give him the right bloodlines, train him in the right environments, instill in him a knowledge and respect of the game and give him a heart-and-soul approach that leaves nothing on the ice, then you might just have built yourself a player exactly like Colin Wilson. Wilson has thrived at BU. The work ethic and dedication that made him the youngest player in Hockey East – he didn't turn 18 until Oct. 20 – also have made him one of the most highly touted college freshmen in recent memory."

Randy Turner writes in the Winnipeg Free Press, "Carey Wilson will never forget the day his 15-year-old son was told thanks, but no thanks, by a Winnipeg minor hockey team -- but maybe not why you'd think. Getting the axe from the Winnipeg Wild AAA traveling club, however, was a glimpse into the mindset of a determined young man who is now a projected first-round NHL pick in the 2008 entry draft -- perhaps even in the top 10. "He said, 'Dad, I'm going to go to the Warriors and show those coaches they made a mistake.' And that's exactly what he did." True to his word, Colin Wilson joined the Winnipeg Warriors, scored 51 goals and 102 points, then added another 42 points in the playoffs. The Warriors won the city championship."