Portland Winterhawks By far the most intriguing class of players drafted, Portland drafted basically a bunch of high risk, high reward type of players. They drafted five Americans and two highly rumored college commits. With the guys who we do believe will show for Portland, they added speed and skill […]
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Moose Jaw Warriors Draft Overview
Moose Jaw Warriors Looking at Moose Jaw’s draft class, they really took players who brought offense and skill to their future line up. It seems as though after their first two picks they went high risk high reward type of guys who are incredibly raw. They did take a goalie […]
Medicine Hat Draft Overview
Medicine Hat Tigers Medicine Hat took a player in every round of the 14 round draft, except the 7th round. This shows that they are really intrigued by this draft class, and focused on restocking their prospect pool. We love how they were able to address a bunch of needs […]
Lethbridge Hurricanes Draft Overview
It is interesting to look at the Lethbridge Hurricanes draft class because you immediately notice that their main focus was size. They were able to add some big players while also addressing future needs and took a good mix of different styles.
Kootenay Ice Draft Overview
Kootenay Ice The last placed team in the WHL once again was able to snag the top offensive talent in the draft. They were also able to address every other need in the prospect pool, from a big right-handed defender to a long term project goalie to a well-rounded two-way […]
Kelowna Rockets Draft Overview
Kelowna Rockets For a team who didn’t have a first round selection, Kelowna really was able to add pieces who will be able to help their lineup at the age of 16. One thing you notice is how they were able to really add players with size and who can […]
Kamloops Blazers Draft Overview
Kamloops Blazers At the WHL draft last Thursday, Kamloops really added skill and speed to the future line up, while adding a future starting goalie into their lineup. On defense they took some long shot players who will take time to develop but have potential to play a bottom pairing […]
Everett Silvertips Draft Overview
Everett Silvertips Everett welcomed 13 new players into their organization on Thursday, adding a good mix of young players. They only took one goalie and one American but we like the picks they made. They added players who were quick and poised and who can make plays at both ends […]
Draft Geek Rankings Recap
For the purpose of this analysis I took every WHL team and tried to rate how they did on Bantam Draft Day based on the resident scouting team, Draft Geek’s rankings of players. For example, if a team took the 10th, 20th and 45th ranked players their total would be […]
Edmonton Oil Kings Draft Overview
Edmonton Oil Kings We really like the mix that Edmonton brought in this past season, they really stayed close to home and added players who had a tonne of offensive upside. To start it off they picked up three big framed players with their first three picks all of different […]