The Decision Is In

The Ryan Tesink saga is over.

The league issued an overly complicated press release today that explains what went down. Here is what the league’s decision is on the whole thing is (spelling errors are not ours):

• The trade that took place on January 2, 2013 between the Saint John Sea Dogs and the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada remains in effect, so that the rights to player Ryan Tesink still belong to the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada and that the Saint John Sea Dogs keep the first (1st) round draft pick (3rd ranked choice) received in this trade
• The Blainville-Boisbriand Armada receives, as compensation for the hereinabove mentioned reasons, a first (1st) round draft pick (5th rank choice added by the League), at the QJMHL annual draft to be held in June 2014, subject to the following
• In the event that the rights to player Ryan Tesink traded or transferred, the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada will then receive, instead of a fifth (5th) rank choice in the first (1st) round of the annual draft, an additional nineteenth (19th) rank choice added by the League, after the end of the first round of selection but before the beginning of the second (2nd) round of said annual draft of June 2014.

What… what is even happening here.

This is a bizarre decision, in my opinion, and I don’t think you’d see this happening in other leagues. Enjoy your free first-round pick, Armada.

The good news, though, is that the Sea Dogs don’t lose any of their draft picks.

"The Sea Dogs are satisfied with the league's decision," Sea Dogs President Wayne Long said in a release. "We are now looking forward to putting this behind us and focusing on next week's draft."

We’ll have more later…