“If I help this team win games, hopefully it will help myself out personally. Everybody wants to have winners in their system. That’s what I’m trying to create.”
Fans of the Vancouver Giants, who may be wondering if Bowen Byram is worrying too much about things other than the Western Hockey League playoffs, will be thrilled to hear that earlier this week the young defenceman wasn’t sure when the NHL draft lottery was being held.
All of this has an impact on Byram, 17, since the darting, daring defenceman from Cranbrook is projected to be one of the first few selections on June 21 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver.“I think just playing hockey, being around my buddies everyday,” Byram said when asked to explain how he’s managed to do that. “It’s fun to be at the rink and then walk out in your T-shirt and your shorts. It’s the best time of year. It’s playoff hockey.
McKeen’s Hockey slotted him at No. 4, behind Hughes, Kakko and Saskatoon Blades’ centre Kirby Dach in their April poll released Thursday.The Canucks had the league’s ninth-worst record as of Friday morning.
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