Another Draft over here please!
The full impact of last Thursday's WHL Bantam draft on the Raiders won't be known for about four years.
However the prognosis is positive. Raider brass is bullish on first round pick Brendan Guhle, whom they feel has the potential to be an impact player in the WHL. Why else would they go off the board to take the Edmonton area defenseman 3rd overall? Besides, several teams went off the board drafting players much higher than their rankings.
Besides Guhle's comments to Jeff D'Andrea of paNOW he indicated he is excited to play in P-A.
Although he wasn't the first goalie chosen, Nick McBride taken with the first pick in the second round was the highest ranked puck stopper appears to have the makings of a franchise net minder. He's already 6″2″ with mobility at age 15.