Rating the bantam drafts: 2004

Next up is 2004, the draft of the 1989's. These are the players who will be overagers this coming season, so many of the players from this draft have completed their WHL careers, if they had one.

As with the '90s, there aren't likely going to be many (if any) players from this draft breaking into the WHL as a rookie this season.

	Total Picks	Under 50	50 - 100	100 - 150	150 - 200	Over 200	Total GP	WHLers%	GP/pick	Listed %
Brandon	11	0	2	1	3	1	1054	63.6%	95.8	45.5%
Calgary	10	1	2	0	0	2	625	50%	62.5	30%
Everett	11	3	0	0	3	2	1080	72.7%	98.2	45.5%
Kamloops	12	2	1	1	2	2	1076	66.7%	89.7	33.3%
Kelowna	11	1	0	0	2	2	892	45.5%	81.1	45.5%
Kootenay	10	0	1	1	0	3	876	50%	87.6	40%
Lethbridge	11	0	0	2	3	2	1307	63.6%	118.8	54.5%
Medicine Hat	11	0	0	4	2	0	866	54.5%	78.7	45.5%
Moose Jaw	10	0	1	0	2	1	694	40%	69.4	30%
Portland	10	0	1	2	2	1	898	60%	89.8	50%
Prince Albert	12	3	1	0	3	0	663	58.3%	55.3	16.7%
Prince George	14	1	2	1	0	3	922	50%	65.9	35.7%
Red Deer	10	1	1	0	1	1	479	40%	47.9	30%
Regina	11	0	0	0	4	2	1267	54.5%	115.2	36.4%
Saskatoon	11	1	0	0	2	2	823	45.5%	74.8	27.3%
Seattle	13	0	1	2	0	3	1014	46.2%	78	30.8%
Spokane	13	0	0	0	2	2	834	30.8%	64.2	38.5%
Swift Current	10	0	0	1	2	1	723	40%	72.3	30%
Tri-City	10	0	0	0	1	4	1047	50%	104.7	50%
Vancouver	12	0	1	0	2	2	918	41.7%	76.5	41.7%

Everett, Lethbridge, Regina, and Tri-City all had really good drafts here, all nabbing five or more 150+ game players.

Not such a good draft for Red Deer or Prince Albert. Not for Calgary either, they landed two big stars but otherwise got zip.

Best picks:

- Jon Blum, Vancouver (7th round, 248 games played). "Best" was an easy choice here.

- Colin Long, Kelowna (11th round, 229 games played)

- Jared Spurgeon, Spokane (10th round, 212 games played)

Worst picks:

- Justin Palazzo, Prince Albert (1st round, 160 games played). The only real bust out of what was a pretty good crop of first rounders that year. Still played 160 games though.

- most of the 2nd round. Of the 20 picks in the 2nd round, 11 of them did not play in the WHL as 19 year olds last year. Six of those never played in the WHL at all.

And the list of players from this draft who have played in the WHL, with games played:

Brandon: Keith Aulie (234), Matt Hallick (90), Michael Proudley (107), Nathan Green (177), Jay Fehr (188), Cale Jefferies (166), Joe Caligiuri (92)
Calgary: Brett Sonne (232), Alex Plante (224), Kirk Belyk (60), Garrett Zemlak (71), Jordan Braid (38)
Everett: Eric Doyle (247), Zack Dailey (260), Chris Ward (14), Mitch Wall (3), Matt Meropoulis (178), Mike Alexander (163), Jesse Burt (172), Shayne Barrie (43)
Kamloops: Travis Dunstall (227), Chris Favero (1), C.J. Stretch (273), Garrett Thiessen (193), Jim O'Brien (133), Kurt Kramer (2), Kevin Kraus (57), Alex Rodgers (190)
Kelowna: Luke Schenn (189), Brett Breitkreuz (200), Cody Almond (230), Matthew Brusciano (44), Colin Long (229)
Kootenay: John Negrin (235), Dustin Sylvester (240), Cam Stevens (85), Trent Fussi (107), Tylan Stephens (209)
Lethbridge: Dwight King (273), Brad Riege (184), Justin Leclerc (179), Jesse Craige (157), Zach Boychuk (237), Mitch McColm (138), Craig McCallum (139)
Medicine Hat: Jordie Deagle (192), Matt Sokol (102), Mark Isherwood (199), Ryan Holfeld (113), Bretton Cameron (111), Shayne Brown (149)
Moose Jaw: Travis Ehrhardt (256), Scott Maetche (75), Jeremy Schappert (200), Cullen Morin (163)
Portland: Colton Sceviour (251), Kurtis Mucha (194), Aaron Lewadniuk (63), Lucas Alexiuk (127), Colby Kulhanek (161), Matt Betker (102)
Prince Albert: Justin Palazzo (160), Daniel Lepp (3), Cody Vann (72), Andy Smith (191), Cody Gross (192), Brian Sydiaha (2), Shane Malone (43)
Prince George: Ryan Kerr (210), Lance Redden (52), Chris van Duynhoven (127), Dana Tyrell (240), Adam Basford (59), Prab Rai (233), Devon Murtagh (1)
Red Deer: Brandon Sutter (205), Patrick Kozyra (167), Luke Betts (90), Paul Levarsky (17)
Regina: Brett Leffler (238), Nick Ross (288), Linden Rowat (177), Matt Delahey (189), Jason MacDonald (180), Derek Hulak (195)
Saskatoon: Colton Gillies (195), Dustin Cameron (213), Ryan Funk (215), Colton MacPherson (25), Braden Holtby (175)
Seattle: Thomas Hickey (262), David Richard (256), Lindsay Nielsen (218), Colin Scherger (106), Brad Bakken (53), Josh Schappert (119)
Spokane: Drayson Bowman (265), Chris Langkow (193), Cody Esposito (164), Jared Spurgeon (212)

Swift Current: Paul Postma (270), Grant Toulmin (116), Derek Claffey (183), Matt Tassone (154)
Tri-City: Joel Broda (264), Colton Grant (210), Jarrett Toll (205), Chet Pickard (160), Lucas Bloodoff (208)
Vancouver: Tyson Sexsmith (173), Mitch Czibere (251), Ryan Molle (183), Jonathon Blum (248), Nolan Toigo (63)