The prospects are coming....

I finally have (almost) everything ready to go for the annual WHL team prospects stats-a-palooza here on the blog. I suspect the first ones will start being posted sometime today and I'll probably restrict it to two teams per day again so it should take 11 days or so to get everything done.

I have not decided on an order in which to post the teams yet but I'm leaning towards randomly generating numbers or something. Fan bribery may help move their team up the order.

A few things to keep in mind about ALL the postings...

• my definition of a "prospect" is, generally, a player who did not play full-time in the WHL last season. Players who did play full-time for a period but were subsequently demoted will still appear on the list.
• players who played entire seasons in the WHL but missed last season due to injury or retirement may still appear on these lists. 
• players who spent last season in pro hockey (ie, Seth Jones) may still appear on these lists despite their chances of returning to the WHL being slimmer than the chances of me being the next Pope. Generally speaking, if you're still on a team's protected list and didn't play in the league last year, you're on here. 
• Heights and weights are a best-effort on my part. The majority of players, the height and weight given is what was listed for them by a team they played for last year. Since these are teenage boys, many of them have no doubt grown in the last 11-12 months since those measurements were taken. So, take that into consideration when looking at the sizes. Out of all the players on all the team lists, I could not find a height/weight for only two of them. If you have info for one of those players, or know the height/weight given for another player to be significantly incorrect, please email or leave a comment and I will make a correction.
• Same goes for the statistics. I found at least some statistics for almost all players. Some teams and/or leagues do not publish their statistics so in those cases I list the team/league only. If you have those statistics and wish to share them with me, please email/comment and I will make a correction there as well. 
• statistics may overlap in some cases - for example, some teams amalgamate all league and non-league (tournament) games into one set of numbers, and I may have those numbers as well as numbers for some tournaments.
• where players have made NCAA commitments, I have noted those below the player info
• where players have signed WHL contracts or played preseason games (both actions which commit them to playing the major junior route), I have noted those as well. Some WHL teams are better than others at publicizing their signings so there's no doubt players that have signed but I don't know about it. Again, I welcome this kind of info if anyone wants to share and I will update the postings.
• as a fun add-on I have noted players who are related to current or ex-WHLers or NHLers. I do not profess that this will be 100% complete, not by a long shot. Additions or corrections to these fun-facts bits are welcome as well, email or leave a comment.

Please enjoy. Feedback is always welcome.