Wheat King update for those interested:
-2009/2010 starter and overage goalie Jacob De Serres has cleared WHL waivers and signed with the Saint John Sea Dogs of the Q.
-Overage defenceman Mark Schneider has been sent to Regina for an 18 year old project (Dominic Favreau). Brandon is now set with their three 20 year olds for the season- F Shayne Wiebe, F David Toews & D Darren Bestland.
-Injury update: the WK's have been hit hard by injuries so far. Toews is out 5-7 weeks with an ankle, '93 defenceman Jordan Fransoo is out indefinitely after breaking his foot and Michael Ferland went under the knife for the knee injury he suffered at Flames camp and will miss significant time.
-With Andrew Hayes/Jacob De Serres gone, the battle to backup '93 Liam Liston is down to '93 Corbin Boes & '92 Ty Rimmer. Rimmer has an inside track but all three have played exceptionally well so far.
-The D is extremely young in Brandon this year. 20 yr old Bestland, '91 Brodie Melnychuk & '92 Ryley Miller are the only returnees from last year. '93 Jordan Fransoo comes very highly touted after hitting a growth spurt and developing into a 6'2, 190 rearguard with extremely good skating ability. He should develop into a very good player in the years to come. With Schneider now gone, a couple '94's (Ryan Pulock and Eric Roy) will fill in on the third pairing while a '93 (Rene Hunter) will replace Fransoo on the second pairing. Pulock, Roy & Hunter have looked surprisingly steady despite rotating in and out of the lineup. The D as a whole is certainly not going to be a flashy group this year. With such a young group there are sure to be a few bad nights but the future on the back end looks extremely bright.
-Glennie has not impressed me since Dallas sent him back. He's a -4 in 6 games with only 1 goal. I'm sure he'll get it together but it's disheartening to see him not producing given his huge struggles down the stretch last season.
-LW Hampus Gustaffson was just acquired from Regina for a pick, he'll slot in on the second line and hopefully replace some of the offence missing due to the Toews/Ferland injuries. He looks like Mose Schrute.
- '92's Brenden Walker and Wheaton King (the kid was clearly born to play for Brandon) have been the only guys producing alongside Mark Stone during the current four game losing streak. King has been a really nice surprise so far.
-Mark Stone has been dominant as his stats appear. If Brandon can get Schenn back, those two will put up a ridiculous amount of points together this year.
Sorry for the long post, I'm sure alot of people aren't interested in hearing about Brandon but I know there's a handful of members who like to know as much as possible about all the teams, hopefully this helps.
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