CANADIAN PRESS (Sudbury, ON):
Did the Sudbury Miners find some prospect gold?
With the 2019 CCHL Entry Draft now in the books, that’s the question that the collective media
and fans of the Sudbury Miners will be asking General Manager Terry James in the years to come.
James offered up a quick summary to reporters on Friday morning and gave a quick review on
how he felt his team did during this years’ draft.
“We’re very pleased and excited,” James said. “We drafted players we feel can step into
our line-up immediately and compete for a job. Others we feel will take some grooming and
development, and they probably won’t be CCHL-ready for a year or two, but at high-end prospects. I
think we’ve added some skill at different positions and just added further to our depth.”
Armed with 22 picks in the first four rounds of this years CCHL draft, the Miners were able to
continue to stock the cupboards with some talented young men and further add to what is becoming a
deep prospect pool, as they continue to try and build a team that will be in Kehler Cup contention for
years to come.
The Miners draft philosophy has not changed since its first year in the CCHL. The organization
strongly believes in letting these prospects grow and find success at the various collegiate, European,
and AHL levels, and with that approach, it will pay big dividends down the road for a patient
organization.
Below are some of the Miners more notable picks from this years’ draft:
Kirby Dach – C (1st Round, 4th Overall): May need another year of development but this is a big,
talented kid who can play both center and the wing. He should be a fixture in the Miners line-up
for years to come.
Cole Caulfield – W (1st Round, 7th Overall): He may be under-sized but this kid can flat out score
and doesn’t lack confidence. Best pure goal-scorer in this years’ draft.
Bobby Brink – W (2nd Round, 27th Overall): Projected by many to be a 1 st round pick, so the
Miners were pleased that this kid fell to them in the second round. He has a high hockey IQ and
can be lethal with the puck. The Miners may have gotten a bit of a steal with this pick.
Nick Robertson – W (2nd Round, 43rd Overall): This is such a fun kid to watch. The knock on him is his size but there is no doubting the talent and drive that this kid possesses. If he can continue
to develop, he has the chance to become a fan favorite in Sudbury.
Dillion Hamaliuk – W (3rd Round, 55th Overall): This power forward was off to a great start last
year before an injury ended his season. He has good offensive tools and size, but there are
some concerns about his skating. Given who the Miners had already drafted at this point, they
could afford to take a chance on this player.
Overall, one should not expect to see any of these players with the Miners next year, but it
should be a draft that pays dividends down the road, given the high ceiling for a good majority of the
players picked.
Below are the picks that make up the 2019 Sudbury Miners Entry Draft Class:
Kirby Dach, C 1 st Round - 4th Overall
Alex Turcotte, C 1 st Round - 5th Overall
Matt Boldy, W 1 st Round - 6th Overall
Cole Caulfield, W 1 st Round - 7th Overall
Spencer Knight, G 1 st Round - 10th Overall
Peyton Krebs, C/LW 1 st Round - 13th Overall
Philip Broberg, D 1 st Round - 14th Overall
Alex Newhook, C 1 st Round - 15th Overall
Victor Soderstrom, D 1 st Round - 16th Overall
Bobby Brink, W 2 nd Round - 27th Overall
Jakob Pelletier, W 2 nd Round - 29th Overall
Samuel Poulin, W 2 nd Round - 30th Overall
Simon Holmstrom, W 2 nd Round -36 th Overall
Pytor Kochetkov, G 2 nd Round - 38 th Overall
Ryan Johnson, D 2 nd Round - 42nd Overall
Nick Robertson, W 2 nd Round - 43rd Overall
Alex Vlasic, D 3 rd Round - 51st Overall
Ilya Nikoleyev, W 3 rd Round - 52nd Overall
Albin Grewe, W 3 rd Round - 54th Overall
Dillon Hamaliuk, W 3 rd Round - 55th Overall
Alex Beaucage, W 3 rd Round - 65th Overall
Maxim Cajkovic, W 4 th Round - 81st Overall
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