OHL'ers to watch in the NHL draft, and we tell you where the OHL will expand

Let's dive in to the news around the Ontario Hockey League this past week, Dan.

And even though the season is over and we're getting into orientation camps and getting ready and looking ahead to next season, the Guelph Storm are not resting on their laurels by any stretch of the imagination.

And we knew there was work to be done with the roster in the Royal City because they are Memorial Cup hosts next season after all.

And George Burnett, has been busy.

How about Ryan Rubrek, the latest piece to the championship puzzle for the Guelph Storm, coming over from the Niagara Ice Dogs for Lane Gallagher, Will McFadden, a third, a fourth, and a fifth.

I will just quickly say our apologies to Lane Gallagher because we were singing his praises as perhaps an undervalued asset in Guelph, and now he's on his way to St. Catharines in this trade.

But this, Dan, is a big one.

It is, and you know, there was some buzz around Ryan Rubrik for a while because things weren't going as smoothly as they could be in Niagara for him, and there was talk that he would be headed to London this summer, and we knew there were some discussions that had occurred.

London maybe kind of got cold feet just because if you look at the NHL draft rankings, we'll just call it like it is, Ryan Rubrik's stock has fallen a little, and there's been questions around compete, consistency, some of those factors, but boy, when he's on, he is on, and You move through those age ranks we talk about all the time in the OHL, and as a veteran player in this league right now, I think he is ripe for an explosion.

You look at his size, you look at his skill level, he can take over games when he wants to.

So when you look at what was available to Guelph on the market, and with all due respect to Gallagher, McFadden, and then those picks, none of which were a second round pick, The price is quite reasonable for a player of Ryan Rubruck's ilk.

So I think it's a great move by George Burnett.

I think that Guelph Storm offense, that weak power play they had, now is looking a lot stronger based on the additions they've made in the last week.

So I think this is one where, red flags or question marks aside, I think it's nothing other than a great move for Guelph.

It's interesting that you mentioned the question marks around Ryan Rubrick at times and where his draft stock currently is.

You and I will talk more about the upcoming NHL entry draft and the OHLers we expect to go high in it.

I was a little bit surprised at some of the projections that I saw that have Robrick falling to as far as the third round, for example.

And many are saying that what the Guelph Storm got in this deal is a guy that could, perhaps will, lead the OHL in scoring next season.

So interesting that he might be a third round guy in the NHL draft this coming weekend.

more on that in a moment.

Something else you touched on, Dan, and that is not using a second round pick.

A third, a fourth, and a fifth.

Two players, one of which we talked about last week, and we really like not taking away from Will McFadden, but we were pretty big lane gallagher fans nothing against those guys but they weren't going to be likely top six players on this storm roster so you're trading a couple of bottom six guys and you don't use a second round pick did george burnett just fleece new ice dogs gm dale degray here

It's hard without knowing everything that's gone on behind the scenes.

It's hard to know because sometimes players request moves.