Scheel Talks Draft

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Scheel Talks Draft

VHL.com // J.S. Augusta

 

With his recent arrival to the VHLM leading to some surprising hype, young two-way center Jake Scheel sat down with VHL.com’s J.S. Augusta to discuss the upcoming draft. Recently, Scheel was ranked #6 among available players, emerging as a late contender to be a possible first round draft pick. Scouted by the league only late due to his solid, but not remarkable two-way play throughout his high school years, he has burst onto the scene on the Saskatoon Wild, with 37 points in 33 games. More impressive, he currently sits at second in the league with 1.24 points per 20 minutes, behind only Rusty Trombone with 1.26. Playing alongside players that are up to his speed appears to have worked wonders for Scheel, as he now appears likely to be able to make the eventual jump to the VHL, after years of doubt that he would even be able to crack the VHLM.

 

Scheel was asked about his position. The full transcript of what was said can be read below:

 

“I’ve been trying to avoid the news, for the most part. I did hear about it, but I don’t know how much weight you can put into a draft ranking this early in the year. There are a lot of guys -- a lot of hard working guys in this draft. Daring Do was listed at #14, but there’s no way she goes that low. She’s putting in just as much, if not more work than anyone else in practice, blowing most of us out of the water with scoring -- she’ll be a first round pick for sure. Hamilton, too… maybe he’s not progressing as fast as Do, but he’s playing like thirty-five minutes a game. There’s no way he doesn’t make the VHL. He’s a monster at cardio.”

 

When asked which team he hoped to go to, Scheel had this to say:

 

“It doesn’t matter to me. As far as I’m concerned, any team that puts faith in me deserves that same trust right back. I’ll play hard for whoever drafts me.”