I know about zero of us here care much about this annually... but its coming up June 22nd and June 23rd. Many of the top young rookies of today were the big names in the last couple of drafts. In case you want to follow along, here is a bit of a preview and some links.
Latest top 10...
1. Patrick Kane - RW - 5'9, 170
2. James VanRiemsdyk - LW - 6'3, 200
3. Kyle Turris - C - 6'0, 170
4. Alexei Cherepanov - RW - 6'0, 183
5. Jakub Voracek - RW - 6'1, 187
6. Karl Alzner - D - 6'2, 206
7. Sam Gagner - C - 5'11, 191
8. Maxim Mayorov - LW - 6'2, 187
9. Keaton Ellerby - D - 6'4, 186
10. Mikael Backlund - C - 6'0, 194
The draft is actually shaping up to be a pretty deep draft, but without many NHL ready players. Most will need at least another year in junior hockey. Full top 30 players and top 5 goaltenders...
Since i'm not all that into baseball this year, i will be following this more and more for the next month and a half. I'll try to do more updates on what i'm hearing about the Ranters favorite teams doing.