2011 Draft Thread

[Toswammi]

Figured I would just open this up to discuss the draft. :)

[Toswammi]

Also you can follow whl.ca, smallatlarge.blogspot.com, and shawnmullin.wordpress.com for some excellent coverage of this draft. I know that Alan will do a bit of a statistical break down of players (or at least has done so in the past), also imagine Shawn will be all over the Bronco selections for this draft.

[Brandon]

Brycen Martin is going to be a great player. wonderful ice vision he can control the game like no one else in alberta. Great power play quarterback. For my money the best player by quite a bit in Alberta.

[Toswammi]

Virtanen is gone, so the Broncos are picking up a defenseman second overall.

Brycen Martin is the name. Future PP QB?

[Toswammi]

Just thought of this. Once again SC takes a player out of Calgary. We might be able to call games in Calgary home games pretty quick :)

[Brandon]

two solid d men too.

[Toswammi]

Kinda surprised the Broncos take another defenseman (Zach Gonek). I hear the draft has a lot of solid forwards going later on in the draft.

[witness]

I like what SC is doing.
You build from the backend out.
You can never have enough top end d-man

[Toswammi]

I like what SC is doing.
You build from the backend out.
You can never have enough top end d-man

That is true. Also Martin from what I have read/heard is one of the best skaters and is a puck moving defenseman. Hopefully we can build a PP around him.

I know the most glaring weakness of this years team was teh lack of a skill in moving the puck up the ice.

[Brandon]

Martin can move the puck. He plays like he has eyes everywhere. He can have his back to the attack and make a great evasive move and all of the sudden he is looking up ice into open passing lanes. He is the kind of kid who can thread a good pass through a very small lane and is lethal at the point on the power play. Have watched him pass through a bunch of guys on a PP and find the guy sitting net front right on the tape for a tap in. Just Elite in every aspect of his game.

[Brandon]

Swift just grabbed Leth. Kid has incredible speed and acceleration. He can score and produce points. But his biggest asset is his wheels, he can just fly.

[Toswammi]

ALso picked up Dakota Odgers in the second round. From what I understand he is skilled offensive forward that has been hurt for the better part of this last year.

Picked up a local kid in the third round in Jordan Wittman, and a goaltender from BC in the fifth in Alec Dillon.

One thing I have noticed with the picks today is SC is picking a lot of bigger bodies so far.

[Toswammi]

Intersting pick in the 7th as the Broncos went to Cali to pick up a winger.

[TourettesGuy]

Alec Dillon plays minor hockey in my region. I can get a couple of people to tell me how he plays. He's a tall guy for sure.