2018/19 WHL Regular Season

[Skinnyjimmy08]

K this deadline officially outta control... there are gonna be some firings upcoming when some of these teams lose in round 1

 

[BurnEmUp]

Brandon deals Clague to Moose Jaw for Burzan, Hartje and two 1sts and a 2nd.

They've also dealt Kaspick to Victoria for Lambos, Thorpe and two more 1sts.

Third best team in the league selling hard, because they are also the 3rd best team in their division I guess?

Holy crap.

 

[PG Canuck]

PG loaded up on draft picks this year holy shit.

 

[PG Canuck]

So many teams look unreal now...

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

I cant wait to see which of these teams that are going all in will lose in 1st round... Playoff seedings will be HUGE

 

[billybobjoe2112]

PG is going to be good in a year or two. Is there a place to see everybody's draft picks?

 

[BurnEmUp]

PG is going to be good in a year or two. Is there a place to see everybody's draft picks?

Bantam Draft Picks - DUBNETWORK

 

[PG Canuck]

PG is going to be good in a year or two. Is there a place to see everybody's draft picks?

First step is getting all those picks, next step is picking the right players - which is the biggest step. They can't screw these picks up or it's going to be a dark 5-7 years.

 

[PG Canuck]

Bantam Draft Picks - DUBNETWORK

Wow, we don't have our 1st this year? Ouch...

Right...the Guhle trade. Well, tanking this year sucks.

 

[BurnEmUp]

Lots of movement for the Canes at the deadline this year. To sum up who's out and who I see them being replaced by:

Skinner ('98) -> Flodell ('97) *Also means more starts for Klassen ('99)
Estephan ('97) -> Morrison ('97)
Riddle ('97) -> Stanley ('98)
Pouteau ('98) -> Probably one of Cotton ('01) or Jones ('01)
Nagel ('98) -> Blocker ('00)
Zablocki ('98) -> Barlage ('01)
Bowen ('98) -> Jeri-Leon ('00)

Canes also added Horon ('01) and then the following picks were dealt/acquired:

In: 2018 2nd, 2018 6th, 2018 7th, 2019 3rd (Cond), 2019 8th, 2020 1st, 2020 3rd, 2021 2nd (Cond)
Out: 2019 6th, 2019 7th

Got a lot younger, and brought in a ton of picks. Hopefully they still make the playoffs and draw a weak 1st round match up thanks to the soft Central while building for the years ahead.

 

[billybobjoe2112]

There are way too many buyers this year. There are going to be a few big matchups in the second round.

 

[billybobjoe2112]

Wow, we don't have our 1st this year? Ouch...

Right...the Guhle trade. Well, tanking this year sucks.

That post was an eye opener. Missing a few draft picks thanks to last season.

 

[billybobjoe2112]

Fun game in P.G. tonight. Ronning scores two, Maser scores a natural hat trick, Ronning completes the hat trick to tie the game, Maser scores his fourth to win the game in O.T.

 

[PG Canuck]

Man, Maser has become a player this year.

 

[PG Canuck]

If anyone has seen Justin Almeida play for Moose Jaw...is he just benefiting from being on a really good team, or is he actually playing as well as his stats indicate? Interested how he has been.

 

[n00bxQb]

Barely recognize the team anymore ...

 

[Daximus]

If anyone has seen Justin Almeida play for Moose Jaw...is he just benefiting from being on a really good team, or is he actually playing as well as his stats indicate? Interested how he has been.

Playing extremely well. He is quite easily our best defensive forward and his awareness and positional play are what helps him get offensive opportunities. He is shooting the puck a lot better this year as well. Huge turnaround for us after the Popugayev debacle.

 

[Scouter]

The #6 ranked team in the nation decides to be sellers and deal probably their 2 best players, what the.

 

[Scouter]

First step is getting all those picks, next step is picking the right players - which is the biggest step. They can't screw these picks up or it's going to be a dark 5-7 years.

Yeah, the problem with the bantam draft is you can pick #1 and still hit a dud, best bet is to have a quantity of picks as opposed to quality.

 

[Daximus]

The #6 ranked team in the nation decides to be sellers and deal probably their 2 best players, what the.

Brandon seems to be really stocking up on picks over the next 4 years. They have 16 picks in the first two rounds over the next 4 drafts. With some really intriguing prospects coming up in the next couple of years I think they have a decent idea of what they are doing. They could have been buyers but some of the teams in the WHL are just way to loaded. I actually think they made a pretty good move in acquiring a bunch of picks from current contenders that are likely to be in tough spots over the coming years. Specifically Moose Jaw and Victoria.

 

[Scouter]

Brandon seems to be really stocking up on picks over the next 4 years. They have 16 picks in the first two rounds over the next 4 drafts. With some really intriguing prospects coming up in the next couple of years I think they have a decent idea of what they are doing. They could have been buyers but some of the teams in the WHL are just way to loaded. I actually think they made a pretty good move in acquiring a bunch of picks from current contenders that are likely to be in tough spots over the coming years. Specifically Moose Jaw and Victoria.

I disagree about Victoria, they always find a way to at least be a playoff team, more likely they are decently competitive, they find ways to get decent players, Jared Legien for instance was a great signing in the off-season, looked to be done at this level, looking at their team for next season it's likely to be a playoff team again, though not as good as this years.

 

[Scouter]

Are the Royals now the best team in the West on paper, I think so.

 

[Scouter]

Kelowna were surprisingly quiet, if they add a piece or 2 would be quite good.

 

[Daximus]

I disagree about Victoria, they always find a way to at least be a playoff team, more likely they are decently competitive, they find ways to get decent players, Jared Legien for instance was a great signing in the off-season, looked to be done at this level, looking at their team for next season it's likely to be a playoff team again, though not as good as this years.

Yeah they definitely have some talent to keep them going but at some point every team rebuilds, unless they are cheating to get talent. But even so those teams will often times blow it up for picks at some point.

 

[Scouter]

Yeah they definitely have some talent to keep them going but at some point every team rebuilds, unless they are cheating to get talent. But even so those teams will often times blow it up for picks at some point.

No, the GM just has a different way of doing things, they used to be the assistant GM for the Rangers, not every team and manager has to do things in the typical junior cycle way.