WHL season preview: Ruck twins lead powerful Tigers

After losing four dynamic defencemen to the NCAA this past off-season, the WHL returns with a bit of a mysterious feel. Now that Ryan Lin (Vancouver-Denver), Daxon Rudolph (Prince Albert-Denver), Carson Carels (Prince George-North Dakota) and Landon DuPont (Everett-Michigan) are getting ready for the U.S. college season, it has opened the door for many teams to make big gains in the WHL. The Medicine Hat Tigers lost their own huge name the previous off-season when Gavin McKenna joined Penn State, but GM/head coach Willie Desjardins has done a wonderful job developing and recruiting. The Tigers have to be one of…