33. Raymond Sawada, RW, Nanaimo (BCHL)
92. Mitch Carefoot, C, Cornell (ECAC)
Not much movement for either since mid season.
http://nhl.com/futures/2004draft/final_rankings051204.html (links to each set of rankings are on this page)
This draft is looked at as a relatively weak one, especially in comparison to last year's draft, which was considered by many as perhaps the deepest ever.
GO FLAMES GO!
The story says there are 37 US college prospects:
U.S. College: 37
Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) - 14
Hockey East - 10
Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) - 8
Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) - 5
In comparison,
Canada Major Junior: 116
Ontario Hockey League (OHL) - 47
Western Hockey League (WHL) - 41
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) - 28
U.S. Junior: 45
United States Hockey League (USHL) - 29
Eastern Junior Hockey League (EJHL) - 7
U.S. National Under-18 - 4
North American Hockey League (NAHL) - 3
Independent - 2
U.S. High School: 35
Canada Junior: 28 <-- note way more BC than Onario prospects
British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) - 14
Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) - 7
Ontario Jr. A - 5
Ontario Jr. B - 1
Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) - 1
Earlier, I was going to make an insightful comment about how few CSB prospects the WCHA has. Then I realized that it doesn't mean all that much since they don't include someone who's committed to a school but hasn't attended yet. Not to mention that one year's statistics probably don't mean much anyway...
126 of 270 North Americans listed are in college or college-bound, per:
http://www.uscho.com/news/agate.php?item=draft04
Not all have decided to opt in.