Personally, a big surprise for me was when Vaseline Podcalzone got drafted to Seattle 23rd overall in the S56 SHL draft. Pod was a 31st overall pick in the prior Juniors draft, so I really thought he would go somewhere in that slot. I wasn't that active on the forums and didn't pump out a lot of media or really do much outside of most of the general Juniors PTs and CW, so I didn't think I had much draft stock going in.

That being said, I had a pretty great interview with Seattle, so in the back of my mind I thought it was possible they could swoop Podcalzone up somewhere in the 30s range of picks, if not the 3rd round pick if I went a little bit lower. I was expecting to go late 2nd or early 3rd round, so when I found out I got drafted 23rd I was pleasantly surprised for sure, not only because getting drafted to an expansion team sounded really exciting, but also because I was drafted way higher than what I was expecting.

A few seasons later, and man, I am absolutely stoked that the chips fell where they were. Go Argos baby!

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