Frank Seravalli

Does the way the draft lottery went make the Manny Malhotra situation even more pressing now that the Canucks easily could take a player like Caleb Malhotra third overall?

I know the CHL is...

has become slightly watered down with a lot of good players going down to the NCAA.

And it's a real challenge for scouts and general managers at the draft to look at the production of a guy like Caleb Malhotra in the OHL and go, okay, would he be doing that five years ago or whatever?

But I got to say, 15 playoff games, 13 goals and 13 assists,

I mean, that's very, very impressive.

And I would like to know the full story on Caleb Malhotra.

Like, how was he in the BCHL last season not really making a huge impact, at least points-wise, goes to the OHL and becomes one of the stars of his team, like one of the leaders?

I remember when Cale McCarr was drafted last,

And he had just had this, like, crazy run-up.

Like, nobody had really heard of this kid playing in, like, the Alberta Junior League.

And then all of a sudden, people are like, there's this kid in... Where was he?

Brooks or something like that?

Brooks Bandits?

And it's like, you got to watch him.

And then all of a sudden, you know, like, his stock just...

went right through the roof to the point where he was taken fourth overall right before Elias Pettersson.

And, you know, I have a lot of time for this story from Caleb Malhotra.

I'd want to know more about it, obviously.

I'm not a scout.