Thanks for the info Hockey Spy. A couple of them sound like players I hope the Canes draft this year. Preston said he'll "likely" take one Fwd and one D-man with the first two. Pilon and Virtanen?? They sound good! With the details you mentioned about Simpson and Oleksyn, those must be the pre-season ISS rankings eh? With the size factor, I wonder if ISS's scouts are using more pro-NHL ratings as opposed to pro-WHL...
If you aren't one yourself, you must know a number of scouts, you sound very knowledgable with the Bantam crops! I don't get to see the players from outside of Alberta much. Reid Duke looked great when I saw him but that's just in one province. Virtanen from BC and Pilon from Sask also sound great!
Wow - I was a good size back in grade 9 but no where near 6'2 220lb!! Unreal!
No, I just saw it in their NHL prospects magazine last week. He was the only WHL area kid named for the 2013 draft, one of just 3 guys they named. Obviously a long ways away from now though!