What's the story on Jesse Freeborn from Red Deer? I remember seeing him listed as a possible 1st rounder early in the year and I don't even see his name.
What's the story on Jesse Freeborn from Red Deer? I remember seeing him listed as a possible 1st rounder early in the year and I don't even see his name.
And I still don't know why they draft out of bantam..
Agreed. I teach and coach against many of these boys and people need to understand that these are grade 9 boys.
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Better than both by a fair margin IMHO.
Fair margin? Really?
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Anything on Taz Burman? Red deer rebel fan here.
Great young goalie. Moved from Vancouver to NSWC and is extremely mobile. Makes himself look big. Either way, once again I want to stress that these are grade 9 boys so the room for development and change is huge.
Really lost a lot of faith in this years draft. Some of the players that made it over others really surprised me.
Sadly, if you aren't on a big team or move with a fake address in some cases, there isn't much you can do. I know of at least seven players who were drafted that weren't as good as others who were passed up on. Whether it is politics or who they know, it's disheartening for some of us who watch the kids play at this level night in and night out, and even coach them or against them.
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Really lost a lot of faith in this years draft. Some of the players that made it over others really surprised me.
Sadly, if you aren't on a big team or move with a fake address in some cases, there isn't much you can do. I know of at least seven players who were drafted that weren't as good as others who were passed up on. Whether it is politics or who they know, it's disheartening for some of us who watch the kids play at this level night in and night out, and even coach them or against them.
As someone who used to scout and help draft players for a WHL team, I take exception to this. We never took into account were a kid played or who they know and to suggest teams do that is really ludicrous.
All these teams want to win and they take players they think will not only be the best players in the draft but will work out for their respective organizations.
Agreed. I teach and coach against many of these boys and people need to understand that these are grade 9 boys.
Fair margin? Really?
Great young goalie. Moved from Vancouver to NSWC and is extremely mobile. Makes himself look big. Either way, once again I want to stress that these are grade 9 boys so the room for development and change is huge.
I can tell you that I was in grade 9 during the summer of my draft.... I was 15... Some of these kids are 13.... During that Summer I grew up alot, not physically, but maturity... I wasn't drafted, but the amount of growing I had to do, I would of been in no position to make the choices I would of had to make were I a prospect...
Being drafted is not the only way to get to the next level
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Really lost a lot of faith in this years draft. Some of the players that made it over others really surprised me.
Sadly, if you aren't on a big team or move with a fake address in some cases, there isn't much you can do. I know of at least seven players who were drafted that weren't as good as others who were passed up on. Whether it is politics or who they know, it's disheartening for some of us who watch the kids play at this level night in and night out, and even coach them or against them.
8 of the 25 roster players for the TC Americans this year were list players, and this doesn't include possible list players that were traded from another team. This includes the CHL scoring champ and Player of the year Brendan Shinnimin, who was not only passed by in the bantam draft but was also cut as a 16 year old.
As someone who used to scout and help draft players for a WHL team, I take exception to this. We never took into account were a kid played or who they know and to suggest teams do that is really ludicrous.
All these teams want to win and they take players they think will not only be the best players in the draft but will work out for their respective organizations.
It's not intentional but it may be implicit, by nature you will see a team like BWC a lot more than that rural Manitoba team. It's just the way things work with logistics and things like that.. Sometimes if you've seen a kid once or twice it's going to be harder to take him over that guy you saw play well over the course of ten games.
I do not see that at all especially with Virtanen. Virtanen is a complete player Barzal is not there yet.
In an all-around aspect, certainly, Virtanen is going to be a player and an unbelievable competitor but Barzal's vision, sense and patience seem to be a level higher. For a guy that was also drafted high and blew his league out in terms of points as well, Barzal looked to be on a different level than Estephan when they faced off, and I'm a guy that thinks Estephan will wear a C one day for his team. Barzal just seems to have that quality that screams high-end offense you don't seem to see as often in Western Canada and it really is a treat to watch.
8 of the 25 roster players for the TC Americans this year were list players, and this doesn't include possible list players that were traded from another team. This includes the CHL scoring champ and Player of the year Brendan Shinnimin, who was not only passed by in the bantam draft but was also cut as a 16 year old.
Agree fully. The draft isn't the end of the road for these kids. Sure, not everyone got picked but there is always time for these kids to prove themselves.
The Blades have two good examples on their roster currently with Darren Dietz being listed in 2009, making the team later that year and being drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in round 5 in 2011.
They also have Travis McEvoy, who had a strong rookie season this year as a 16 year old C after being listed last year.
Yeah, it's unfortunate that not every kid can get picked, but that's life.
What does anyone know about Aaron Kellog taken by Brandon in the 10th round? I heard, good player, thinking of NCAA
Great player and skater stuck on an absolutely godawful team this year. He was ranked extremely high going into the season, he played with actual scrubs but at the all-star game you could see that he really was cream of the crop. I could see this being one of those things where he gets drafted by an NHL team and they want him to report to Brandon for development, I'm sure that is what Brandon is thinking.
Agreed. I teach and coach against many of these boys and people need to understand that these are grade 9 boys.
Fair margin? Really?
Great young goalie. Moved from Vancouver to NSWC and is extremely mobile. Makes himself look big. Either way, once again I want to stress that these are grade 9 boys so the room for development and change is huge.
Great player and skater stuck on an absolutely godawful team this year. He was ranked extremely high going into the season, he played with actual scrubs but at the all-star game you could see that he really was cream of the crop. I could see this being one of those things where he gets drafted by an NHL team and they want him to report to Brandon for development, I'm sure that is what Brandon is thinking.
Bob McKenzie had a list of some of the relatives taken in the first few rounds.
A couple names stick out: Jared McAmmond from Grande Cache, AB (where Dean is from), and Rem Pitlick from Plymouth, MN. Any relations to other players there?
Jared is a nephew of Dean. His dad Ian played in the dub as well.
