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KILLger said:Playing on a fourth line on a stacked team sure didn't help Boyle...
But there's probably a reason why he's not on a better line...
KILLger said:Playing on a fourth line on a stacked team sure didn't help Boyle...
I thought BCJHL--BCHLJay Thompson said:If you want to go back even further, Mel Bridgeman was selected #1 overall in 1975 out of the WCJHL which later became the BCHL.
PecaFan said:I don't know very much about the BCHL. So who's been drafted out of there that's a star, or I've likely heard of?
I admit I lean to the side of the doubters. Against a lower level of talent, it's much easier for your talent to be amplified. Your shots that would normally be saved are goals. Your passes that would normally be blocked get through. The hits that would normally be avoided are real board shakers, etc.
Jay Thompson said:2005 top prospect Gilbert Brule played a year in Quesnel of the BCHL too.
X-SHARKIE said:he's going to arguably the best hockey program in the NCAA and I agree with you.
I havent seen him play but from people who have, and what the reports say, sounds like the real deal.
Those years Gomez played in the BCHL made him so much better then Morrison. If only Morrison was smart enough to take that route.Jay Thompson said:To my knowledge, it's been a while since anyone has been drafted directly out of it.
However, Scott Gomez, Shaonne Morrisonn, and Ivan Huml are three young players off the top of my head who have played in the NHL since the BCHL. There are more than a few others actually.
I understand you guys thinking the BCHL is some loser league, but you really have to watch the hockey to appreciate how much better it has gotten. I would say the BCHL is getting very close to the NCAA.
PS: To the guy who said Sawada would go before Zajac or Chucko.. I watch a lot of Clippers games, and while Raymond had a good rookie season, Zajac is on another level. Sawada needs to become a lot more mature and disciplined before he's even going to be able to think about the NHL.
I hope they will be at the Silverbacks training camp....I'll be there .Oilers Chick said:Well I've been reading some very good things about Zajac and Chucko and I am so looking forward to seeing them play this fall!
tray said:One thing is forsure, the BCHL produces more draft picks than any other "Tier 2 Junior A" league in all of Canada.
speeds said:yeah, but the AJHL isn't all bad either.
the Saints alone have sent Pisani, Reinprecht, Comrie, Messier, Troy Murray
Jay Thompson said:To my knowledge, it's been a while since anyone has been drafted directly out of it.
looooob said:well we're going back a few years now, but didn't the Flames draft a fat kid named Brett Hull out of Penticton in the BC(J)HL at one point? didn't Kariya play several years later on Penticton also?
Van said:For the last 4-5 years, the BCHL has had roughly a dozen players drafted by NHL teams every year. The only reason you don't hear about them for a while after is because most of them are committed to 4 years in the NCAA, thus are usually drafted in the mid-late rounds.