Kootenay selected a left-shooting defenseman in today's draft. Petr Senkerik - a 6'180lb Czech rearguard - that gives them five 1991-born defenseman potentially on the roster.
Brayden McNabb, Cason Machacek, Hayden Rintoul, James Martin and Senkerik - if he sticks. There once was a time where it was an automatic that they Euros would get a roster spot but those days are no more. (Ales Frieb anyone?)
With the loss of Barteaux and Frere - the latter who will attend the Unversity of Calgary this fall and play for the Dinos - the club doesn't have a 19 or 20-year-old defenseman on the roster. Look for the club's compliment of 20-year-olds to be filled with at least one 20-year-old.
If you concede that first four will be the club's top four, at least for the time being, Joey Leach, 17, Tyler Vanscourt, 17, and possibly Micheal King, 16, will compete for the other spots, at least until help arrives via the trade route.
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