Friday, January 8, 2010

Draft pick charts

By popular request....and this is on a best-effort basis only....

In order to help figure out what kind of draft-pick assets each team may have to trade as the trade deadline nears, this is what I believe to be the # of picks in each round of the 2010 and 2011 drafts that each WHL team has.

I only counted picks in the first 10 rounds because really, nobody cares that much about anything past that. Most teams start passing on their picks around then anyway.

Keep in mind that this is probably NOT the gospel truth. It is based only on compilation of announced traded picks over the last three years. Since the details about traded picks - especially conditional picks - are frequently lacking in press releases about trades, sometimes it's impossible for us fans to figure out exactly what has been traded.

There are some notes at the bottom of each draft, detailing some trades I know I do not have the full details on.

Last note, if you're curious about which trades saw your favourite team add/lose picks, you can email me or leave a comment and I'll fill you in on what I have in my notes.

First, the 2010 draft:

12345678910
Brandon1111111101
Calgary1121111111
Chilliwack1121011111
Edmonton1111101111
Everett1100102121
Kamloops1110011111
Kelowna1111121101
Kootenay1222111111
Lethbridge1301110111
Medicine Hat1202021111
Moose Jaw1102321111
Portland1113210011
Prince Albert1110211211
Prince George1111100112
Red Deer1110210111
Regina1020111111
Saskatoon1111122111
Seattle1120102111
Spokane1011121110
Swift Current1002101111
Tri-City1011002121
Vancouver1111021111

Notes:
- Prince Albert owes Edmonton a conditional 2010 pick for Craig McCallum. Round unknown.
- Everett owes Chilliwack a conditional 2010 pick for Luke Siemens. Round unknown.

I notice nobody has traded their 2010 first rounder yet....wonder if that trend will hold through the deadline on Sunday. The 2010 bantam draft is thought to be of very good quality so the high picks in this draft may have more value than usual.

And the 2011 draft now:

12345678910
Brandon1111201211
Calgary1110110011
Chilliwack1121111011
Edmonton1110111111
Everett1101012111
Kamloops1111221111
Kelowna1111210111
Kootenay2112111111
Lethbridge2110110211
Medicine Hat1111121111
Moose Jaw1111021111
Portland1111101111
Prince Albert1012001111
Prince George1101101211
Red Deer1101111111
Regina0111011111
Saskatoon1120121111
Seattle1111111111
Spokane1111111011
Swift Current1111112111
Tri-City1113111111
Vancouver0221212111

Notes:
- Saskatoon owes Prince George a conditional 2011 pick for Tyler Kiziuk. Round unknown.
- Regina owes Portland a conditional 2011 pick for Killian Hutt. Round yet unknown.


5 comments:

Unknown said...

Hey Alan,

I've got Vancouver with 2 picks in 2010. They traded their's to Kamloops, but aquired the Kamloops 2nd and now have the PA one as well.

Thanks for this blog. Read it every day

Malc said...

I believe Kelowna traded their 7th round pick in 2010 (conditional) to Saskatoon for Tyler Matheson.

Alan said...

Stuart - the 2nd round pick the Giants got for Tucker is in 2011, according to the press release. Not 2010.

As an aside, the Giants will probably have to give back the Blazers' 2nd rounder since it was conditional on Sahir Gill reporting to Kamloops. Gill has not reported yet so the Blazers will probably get the pick back before the draft.

Malcolm - yes, Kelowna traded their 2010 7th to Saskatoon for Matheson. But they acquired Kootenay's 7th rounder for goaltender Dylan Tait, so they still have a total of one pick in that round.

Anonymous said...

It seems Kootenay has some play as they look to have the highest number of picks of any team in both 2010 and 2011

Unknown said...

OK Alan... got it. Your post mentions 2010 not 2011 as the second round PA pick coming back for Tucker, ergo my confusion. thanks for straightening it out.