Recruit Report: LaLonde, Martin continue to be among the best in the BCHL

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A few people emailed to ask how our recruit report is broken down, so I figured I'd explain.

— The projected 2025 enrollments are my projections. That's usually a fluid process that won't finalize until the spring. For example, we did not have Nathan King projected for the 2024 roster for most of last season. But he played so well in the BCHL last season that Merrimack sped up his arrival.

— We know the 2004-born players must arrive in 2025 because they'll be out of junior eligibility. That includes Parker LaLonde, Ethan Beyer, and Ben Yurchuk. I have a bunch of 06s projected for the 2025 class at the moment, but that's based on projected roster losses through graduation. Some of those 2005-born players may arrive ahead of the 2006-born players. A lot will depend on how this season goes for those players. '05 Maddux Martin is off to a great start in the BCHL, and he's captaining the Salmon Arm team.

— As for the layout, I have the projected 2025 arrivals listed above. After that, the players are sorted by their birth year and listed by points-per-game average. I'm also considering changing this layout to group players by league rather than birth year because I believe that makes for a more apples-to-apples comparison.