Lots of stress leading into the draft, but the stress was worth it. Hearing "At 38th Vancouver Whalers select Trent Mackenzie" was certainly worth the wait. As the second goalie picked in the draft, I am very proud of my abilities and prepared to get to work with Vancouver. After being picked, I walked over to the locker room, and was met graciously by the returning members of the Whalers team, as well as their previous draft pick Aaron Noxus. I was a bit nervous meeting these people who I had not had much contact with prior to being selected, but the reception within their team has been incredible so far. Obviously there was the usual amount of slight hazing from the returning vets but in general I left our first meeting with a tremendous amount of excitement for the upcoming seasons. I am very excited to be a Vancouver Whaler and it seems like they are excited to have me on their team!

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