2017 WHL Bantam Draft

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http://whl.ca/article/whl-completes-first-round-of-2017-whl-bantam-draft


MAY 4, 2017, Calgary, Alta. – The Western Hockey League completed the 2017 WHL Bantam Draft this afternoon at the Deerfoot Inn in Calgary.

Congratulations to our two 2002 draft picks with a CA 'hometown'.
WHL 2017 draft picks by birth month:
Jan: 43
Feb: 28
Mar: 29
Apr: 23
May: 30
Jun: 19
Jul: 10
Aug: 10
Sep: 11
Oct: 12
Nov: 7
Dec: 6
 

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interesting, a lot boys out of arizona

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Congratulations to California's newest four USHL draft picks
USHL Phase 1 2019 draft picks by birth month:
Jan: 19
Feb: 21
Mar: 23
Apr: 16
May: 12
Jun: 12
Jul: 5
Aug: 9
Sep: 10
Oct: 8
Nov: 5
Dec: 3


Why do North American development models result in such statistical disparity?  Is this a characteristic common to the development models in other lands, such as Finland?  Will ADM ultimately provide statistical balance?    2 year age group binning continues to trend more towards birthyear age binning...but perhaps a move to 6 month age binning could provide more balance (along with doubling the dollars flowing into the bigger AAA clubs).    Or is there something junior clubs are failing to recognize in terms of long term talent projections?  Until its figured out, the injustices of being a Christmas baby go beyond never really getting an actual birthday present.  The numbers are ridiculous and serve as evidence that we're not sufficiently developing a substantial portion of our player bases. 


breakdown by hometown:
Canada: 29
Minnesota: 28  + 3 USNTDP
Michigan: 17 + 4 USNTDP
Pennsylvania: 9 + 1 USNTDP
Massachusetts: 9 + 1 USNTDP
Illinois: 7 + 2 USNTDP
CA: 4 + 2 USNTDP
New York: 5 + 1 USNTDP
Wisconsin: 6
CT: 4 + 1 USNTDP
NJ: 4
MO: 3 + 1 USNTDP
AZ: 1 + 2 USNTDP
FL: 1 + 2 USNTDP
TX: 3
CO: 1  + 1 USNTDP
OH: 1 + 1 USNTDP
VA: 1 + 1  USNTDP
Finland/South Dakota: 2 each
Japan/IA/Ukraine/ID/MD/OK/AK: 1 each