Vegas Welcomes 13 Draftees

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The season 65 VHLM dispersal draft took place late Sunday evening and played its way into the night. Las Vegas selected 13 players in total bringing their roster to 19 of the 20 allotted spots. For a team losing many of its stars to the VHL, these picks will play a huge part in giving Vegas a fighting chance to defend its recent Founder's Cup Championship. Their two positions of weakness going into the draft were centre and goal-tending. These needs were quickly filled as Vegas was overjoyed to select centre David Harrison at pick 22, and goalies Luke Derion and Sunny Burst as picks 25 and 43 respectively. There will certainly be a goalie battle this season with Derion having the head start from day 1 as the starter. At pick 33, Vegas believes they picked the forward steal of the draft in Jordan Joshua Tonn. The young forward appears to figure into Vegas' top six right out of the gate and should improve quickly as the season progresses.

Overall, Vegas is very pleased with their draft set and is excited to gauge how their prospects will draw out over the next few weeks.

Pick #22 - David Harrison
Pick #25 - Luke Derion
Pick #33 - Jordan Joshua Tonn
Pick #35 - Willy Memelander
Pick #38 - Benson Van Roosen
Pick #41 - Markus Lulic Descheneaux
Pick #42 - Dave John OQuinn
Pick #43 - Sunny Burst
Pick #46 - Michael Rasmussen
Pick #51 - Robert Burns
Pick #54 - Magnus Pederson
Pick #62 - Billy Kimber
Pick #70 - Koen Senft

 

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