Blades' Euro situation settled, so they'll pass on import draft

The Saskatoon Blades will take a bench seat for Wednesday’s Canadian Hockey League import draft.
The draft itself is a “frustrating” process, says general manager Colin Priestner — more on that later — but in this case, Saskatoon has both European slots filled. So they’ll forfeit their No. 15 overall selection. Defencemen Libor Hajek and Mark Rubinchik figure in the team’s plans for 2017-18, and they’d have to let one of those players go if they pa