Daryl Stone

BC/Western Canada Scout for Neutral Zone, mainly scouting for the WHL draft.

[Daryl Stone @DarylCStone]

With the 2026 WHL Draft now concluded, here's a spreadsheet I put together for the stats of all the CSSHL U15 Prep players broken down into a couple of categories. I did it out of curiosity and a bit of a way to check my own eye test. https://t.co/DAbqypxrph

[Daryl Stone @DarylCStone]

@dathockeydoe Randomly use both highlighters. Just not on the same name or it'll likely rip through the napkin.

[Daryl Stone @DarylCStone]

@robert_turow What's the restriction on recruiting players other than the team has to hold his rights? Logically it makes no sense. The powerful teams with lots of money gain but each league doesn't have enough of those to sustain each of the 3 leagues over the long term in an open market.

[Daryl Stone @DarylCStone]

@sekeresandprice There's a big difference between a ceiling and most likely positive outcome though.

[Daryl Stone @DarylCStone]

Wild that this is a thing considering where we were just a couple of years ago regarding NCAA player eligibility.

[Sun Devil Hockey @SunDevilHockey]

Jack O’Brien is a Sun Devil 😈

After totaling 68 points (35G, 33A) across two ECHL seasons following a standout four-year run with the WHL’s Portland Winterhawks, O’Brien is officially headed to Tempe #BeTheTradition

[Daryl Stone @DarylCStone]

@PrairieIRP Agreed. He was in my top 5 and you could make an argument that he has the highest offensive ceiling from this class which says quite a lot.

[Daryl Stone @DarylCStone]

@Derek_N_NHL The new heirachy of junior hockey was always likely to look like this. The NCAA would take the elite, college eligible players from the CHL who would then fill that gap with players from leagues below (incl. USHL) Easy for the CHL with no loss of college eligibility anymore.

[Daryl Stone @DarylCStone]

@ThePJHL Just a heads up, the link doesn't appear to be working.

[Daryl Stone @DarylCStone]

@_hockey_mind @PrairieIRP His individual skill level is high but there will be an adjustment period as he needs to learn to utilize and play with his teammates better which he did show the ability to do w/ extra time and space on the PP at the BC Cup. JPHL in BC is too weak to put him on this list for me

[Daryl Stone @DarylCStone]

Never actually posted my 2011-born BC team for this year, might as well do it now.

McMillan-Jugnauth-Gibson
Bordt-Dernisky-Thompson
Lima-Gow-Carignan
Baines-Lindsay-Phillips

Vickers-Wolanski
Roberts-Potash
Cuthbertson-Chang

Craig
Davis

[Daryl Stone @DarylCStone]

@PrairieIRP For example, I forgot Short from OHA Penticton and had I remembered, I would've put him in for Baines or Phillips.

[Daryl Stone @DarylCStone]

@PrairieIRP Should've specified it's my personal all-BC team based on a combination of their seasons, how I project them in the future and just some recognition as well. re: Bradbeer, if it was the 6 best defensemen, I'd have put him in. More just some recognition for Chang as BWC's 1D.

[Daryl Stone @DarylCStone]

Mix of results and projection to keep things blurred a bit. And player position or handedness not factored in beyond F, D and G.

[Daryl Stone @DarylCStone]

@dathockeydoe There's definitely worse and I can't think of many better.

[Daryl Stone @DarylCStone]

A pretty good article that breaks down a lot of information that should be of interest to a number of people

[Neutral Zone @_Neutral_Zone]

🗞️The ‘26 NHL Draft: A Changing Landscape in North America
https://t.co/bIXypPMvuv

[Daryl Stone @DarylCStone]

@JeffMcCarthyBC Peach from Delta in the WHL draft last season is a good example.

[Daryl Stone @DarylCStone]

Strictly offensively of course. This isn't incredibly useful as far as defensemen go and completely useless for defensive impact.

[Daryl Stone @DarylCStone]

With the 2026 WHL Draft now concluded, here's a spreadsheet I put together for the stats of all the CSSHL U15 Prep players broken down into a couple of categories. I did it out of curiosity and a bit of a way to check my own eye test. https://t.co/DAbqypxrph

[Daryl Stone @DarylCStone]

And there goes Pitz to @SCBroncos. He had the 6th highest Pts/gm against top half teams in the CSSHL (1.68, only Dernisky, McMillan, Forestal, Bradbeer, and Antignani were higher) while his next closest teammate had 0.76. #WHLDraft

[Daryl Stone @DarylCStone]

Leinenweber to pair with Vickers is impressive without having to trade up.