Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2016-17 Part II
The Phase 2 USHL draft starts at 8 AM central time today. Any junior eligible hockey players not already on someone’s list is eligible. RPI has 11 known recruits (not counting Conger).
Ohrvall is Waterloo property and since he most likely is going to RPI in the fall, they probably won’t waste a spot on him.
<s>Bendorf is already on Tri-City’s roster and I assume they will keep him.</s> Well I was wrong about that. He is Muskegon property now.
Cameron is on Sioux Falls affiliate list and I strongly suspect that they are keeping him.
Payne and Harris are both 1996-birth players and have aged out of juniors. I think that we will see them in Troy in the fall.
That leaves Marshall, Tuliara, Babichuk, Cho, Stout, and Modry. Any of them could be drafted. Stout, like Harris and Payne, has already appeared in the RPI directory and I think he will be at RPI in the fall.
Modry was drafted last year and wasn’t protected. He could be drafted again, I think that he will stay in Wenatchee. That won’t stop someone from drafting him.
I would love to see Tuliara drafted as I have said before and play a year in the USHL before going to Troy. We will see.
Cho was drafted in the past. He could be drafted again, but my gut feeling is that either he will be in Troy in the fall or he never will be.
I think that Babichuk could be drafted if he has shown that he is interested in the USHL. I don’t think that we will seem him in Troy in the fall and most likely he will stay in the BCHL.
Hopefully Marshall will be in Troy in the fall. If he isn’t it probably means that he is no longer interested in RPI. It would be a significant loss. He could be drafted.