(Podcast) 2016 NHL Draft: Pilon’s play pivotal during Blazers late-season surge

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Photo: Kamloops Blazers forward and 2016 NHL Draft prospect Garrett Pilon tied for ninth in the WHL in rookie scoring with 47 points in 71 games (courtesy of Marissa Baecker/Getty Images)


</p> When the Kamloops Blazers landed forward Garrett Pilon in the seventh round at the 2013 WHL Bantam Draft, it might have been easy for some to have little faith in the notion that the late-round selection could become a regular in the lineup, let alone an impact player. After all, Pilon suggests he checked in at about 5’2†during his bantam draft year.

However, as things have turned out during the current WHL campaign, Pilon has made it appear as though the Blazers team of scouts pulled a rabbit out of their collective hat when they made the 133rd selection that day back in 2013.… read more

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