WHL Bantam Draft

[Joe Hallenback]

Draft day is here and so we shall start our draft thread

I will try and post as much info as I can about our draft picks and hopefully between us all here we can find out what we have in store fore the future

[Joe Hallenback]

Klarc Wilson, 6-0, 183, Edmonton KC bantam AAA

Game-breaker with great instincts from the blue-line in . . . Has accurate shot, great hockey sense and huge offensive upside.

Stats: 31 GP, 34-45-79, 52 PIMs

Article here about him

http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/columnists/story.html?id=3fcc70ef-d5b6-47c6-8922-91033ac9aed5

Seems to be a Goal scoring winger with Good size already. Playes the game hard which is always a nice bonus

Wonder what we traded to move up

[Joe Hallenback]

Jason Swyripa

Center - 5'8", 155 lbs GP G A PTS PIM
06-07: Airdrie Xtreme (AMBHL AAA bantam) 33 19 20 39 44
06-07: Airdrie Xtreme (AMBHL AAA bantam - PLF) 4 0 3 3 6
07-08: Airdrie Xtreme (AMBHL AAA bantam) 33 37 70 107 95
07-08: Airdrie Xtreme (AMBHL AAA bantam - PLF) 10 7 9 16 18
07-08: Airdrie Xtreme (Western championships) 5 4 7 11 14
07-08: South Senators (Alberta Cup) 5 4 4 8 12

Ty Rattie's setup man on Airdrie. Skilled, smart, hard worker and a good team player. Size is a little bit of an issue or he might be in the top ten.

I like this pick. Exceptional playmaker and a very good skater.

[Joe Hallenback]

Liam Liston

Goaltender - 6'1", 165 lbs GP W L T GAA SV%
07-08: St. Albert Sabres (AMBHL AAA bantam) 19 8 7 4 3.40 0.903
07-08: St. Albert Sabres (AMBHL AAA bantam - PLF) 2 0 2 0 7.50 0.847
07-08: St. Albert Sabres (St. Albert tournament) 4 2 2 0 3.25 0.915


I know nothing about him. Hopefully he plays midget AAA next year

[Vik]

We gave Kelowna our 4th to swap picks. Sounds like a good deal to me.

[Joe Hallenback]

Jordan Fransoo

Defence - 5'9", 135 lbs GP G A PTS PIM
06-07: Battlefords Barons (CFHL AA bantam) 18 2 6 8 44
07-08: Notre Dame Hounds (SSMHL AAA bantam) 26 6 22 28 44
07-08: Notre Dame Hounds (KIBIHT) 7 1 2 3 0
07-08: Notre Dame Hounds (St. Albert AAA tournament) 5 1 3 4 4

Nice slick skating Defenceman. Need a puck mover could be that guy

Jeff Olson

Left Wing - ht/wt unknown GP G A PTS PIM
07-08: West Central G-Mac's Klippers (CFHL AA bantam) 18 21 24 45 77

know nothing about this guy

[dagley]

Red Deer took Colby's Robak's brother :O~

Also, it seems as if Brandon scouting finally realized they need to stop continuing to take local talent every year. Last year they drafted a lot from out West and it's continuing this year again. They finally realized they can't just settle their bets on local kids. Examples, Schenn/Regier. I'm not saying the local talent pool is poor, finding guys like Glennie and Calvert are bonuses.