For me and my player, Lyle Odelein III, the biggest unexpected surprise came on draft day.  I went into the draft pretty darn sure I knew where I was going, I was in the top 5 (if I remember correctly) when it came to TPE and a whole lot of mock drafts had me going to one team.  I had already had some conversations with both of their GMs at the time and one of my SMJHL teammates was one of their scouts and had said he talked me up quite a bit.  They owned a top five pick in the draft so for me, all signs were pointing towards me going to that team.  When the draft happened and this team announced their selection, and Lyle's name wasn't on the post.  I was left wondering where I might end up, I wasn't disappointed at all, I knew I was going to be selected at some point, but I had just figured I already knew where I might go.  The only other team I had talked quite a bit too and had some really strong connections with, wasn't selecting until much later in the round and from my conversations with them, they didn't think I'd be around by then.  The next few picks went by and I still didn't have a team, then right before the 8th pick, a trade notification was posted, the team that didn't think I'd be around for their pick had traded up in the draft to pick my player.  I was blown away and still am.  They took a chance on my player and it is something I won't forget.  Getting drafted by the New Orleans Specters was a huge surprise for me and turned out to be the best thing that could of happened!