Here's stats on 10 players though who are all pretty good bets to go in the first round....players are listed alphabetically so nothing should be read into the ordering.....
| Brent Benson | |||||
| Center - 5'11", 171 lbs | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
| Weyburn Wings (SSMHL AA bantam) | 26 | 37 | 37 | 74 | 39 |
| Moose Jaw Warriors (SMHL AAA midget) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Moose Jaw Warriors (Macs Midget Tournament) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Laurent Brossoit | |||||
| Goaltender - 5'11", 150 lbs | GP | W | L | T | GAA |
| Cloverdale Colts (KIBIHT) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Brendan Hurley | |||||
| Forward - 6'0", 170 lbs | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
| Fort Saskatchewan Rangers (AMBHL AAA bantam) | 31 | 51 | 32 | 83 | 141 |
| Fort Saskatchewan Rangers (AMBHL playoffs) | 9 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 46 |
| Fort Saskatchewan Rangers (REM midget 15 y.o.) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Fort Saskatchewan Rangers (Edmonton AAA tournament) | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| Mark McNeill | |||||
| Forward - 6'0", 172 lbs | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
| Edmonton SSAC (AMBHL AAA bantam) | 33 | 41 | 28 | 69 | 28 |
| Edmonton SSAC (AMBHL playoffs) | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
| Edmonton SSAC (St. Albert AAA tournament) | 5 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 18 |
| Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | |||||
| Forward - 5'10", 145 lbs | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
| Burnaby Winter Club Bruins (Western championships) | 5 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 4 |
| Ty Rattie | |||||
| Forward - 6'0", 159 lbs | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
| Airdrie Xtreme (AMBHL AAA bantam) | 33 | 75 | 56 | 131 | 101 |
| Airdrie Xtreme (AMBHL playoffs) | 10 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 16 |
| Airdrie Xtreme (Western championships) | 5 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 |
| Duncan Siemens | |||||
| Defence - 6'2", 183 lbs | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
| Sherwood Park Flyers (AMBHL AAA bantam) | 32 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 54 |
| Sherwood Park Flyers (AMBHL playoffs) | 12 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 32 |
| Sherwood Park Squires (REM midget 15 y.o.) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Sherwood Park Flyers (Western championships) | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 18 |
| Sherwood Park Flyers (St. Albert AAA tournament) | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| Sherwood Park Flyers (Edmonton AAA tournament) | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 27 |
| Colin Smith | |||||
| Forward - 5'8", 132 lbs | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
| Edmonton CAC (AMBHL AAA bantam) | 33 | 36 | 70 | 106 | 28 |
| Edmonton CAC (AMBHL playoffs) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Edmonton CAC (St. Albert AAA tournament) | 6 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 16 |
| Edmonton CAC (Edmonton AAA tournament) | 5 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4 |
| Michael St. Croix | |||||
| Forward - 5'10", 152 lbs | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
| Winnipeg Monarchs (WMHA AAA bantam) | 25 | 51 | 45 | 96 | 20 |
| Winnipeg Monarchs (Western championships) | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 |
| Winnipeg Monarchs (St. Albert AAA tournament) | 7 | 16 | 7 | 23 | 4 |
| Winnipeg White (Directors Cup) | 4 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 4 |
| Mitch Topping | |||||
| Defence - 6'1", 165 lbs | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
| Red Deer Rebels White (AMBHL AAA bantam) | 33 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 100 |
| Red Deer Rebels White (AMBHL playoffs) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
Everything I have seen and heard so far leans towards Nugent-Hopkins, Rattie, and St. Croix being the leading contenders for #1 overall. Benson is another possible candidate, and Siemens and/or Topping have a chance to get into that top grouping if somebody up there wants a defenceman badly enough. Brossoit seems to be a popular choice as the best goalie available but whether he goes in the first round or not is a really hard call....goalies don't go in the first round of the bantam draft very often although there were two last year.
3 comments:
Good list but if the consensus is leaning toward Nugent-Hopkins, then someone is paying someone else a lot of green to boost the kid. Yeah he can play but there is no way he is the player Benson is -or the potential player Hurley or Mcneil are.
Someone has to go first I guess but this draft year has more players who could be #1 than any in recent memory. I'm guessing that Rattie will go to Red Deer (If they don't grab another Sutter), Benson to Portland, and McNeil to Edmonton.
how's this for a guess on the not so exact science of the bantam draft...
1 - red deer st. croix
2 - portland siemens
3 - saskatoon benson
4 - edmonton rattie
5 - prince albert nugent-hopkins
6 - saskatoon topping
of course this could be completely wrong, and the impact of these players are at least two, three years away.
You are all correct that all those players will go in the first round. Also those are the top 6 listed by many scouting resources including my own. THe only player who may crack the top 6 and knock a guy out is Brendan Hurley. I think Red Deer is going to take either Hopkins or St.croix and you are right in saying that Duncan Siemens is going to Portland as I've made that common knowledge. I can see Rattie slipping to PA and the Oilkings taking either St.Croix or Hopkins or possibly even Hurley. Time will tell.
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