Final CSB Rankings Released

[calgARI '07]

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!

[billhoward]

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

[KeithK]

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...

[adamw]

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.