The most unexpected thing for Alexis Saint-Michelle was returning to the Vancouver whalers at the draft. After his DFA campaign, he thought that he had put in a good enough performance to be drafted higher than 9th overall. Many in the drafting world had him going as high as 3rd with some even thinking that he would be the first overall pick over Balcers.

There he was sitting at home in Trois-Rivieries, waiting for the selections to comes and then the commissioner came to the podium and said the words:

With the 9th pick in the S59 SMJHL Entry Draft, the Vancouver Whalers select, Alexis Saint-Michel, Right Winger, Canada.

No one expected it, a lot of people were surprised by it and none more so than ASM himself. However with a smile on his face and hope in his heart for what his true campaign with the whalers would bring, ASM would head back to Vancouver a proud hockey player.