Graphic courtesy of Andrew Armstrong Defense wins championships. We've all heard the phrase. Most coaches have probably said it at some point in time. It's the go-to line when firing up talented offensive players who don't commit defensively. It's also the perfect justification for teams who draft defensive blueliners high in the draft. [...]
**Photo: NHL.com NHL Draft Rankings - WHL April 2020 At the beginning of the 2019-20 season. one could argue the WHL was going to have a weak year. Coming off an NHL draft which saw three players drafted in the top seven picks, and seven players in the top-31, it seemed the expectations may have [...]
Hello my friends, hello. At the beginning of the season, many draft experts claimed that the WHL wasn't quite the hot bed that last year was. It is tough to follow a year which saw Byram, Dach, Cozens, Krebs and company featured in the top 20 but hold the phone... Defenseman Braden Schneider and [...]
