Sea Dogs acquire Foston from Mooseheads

Halifax Mooseheads

The Saint John Sea Dogs made a trade on Friday.

The team acquired 18-year-old forward Cole Foston from the Halifax Mooseheads in exchange for an eighth-round pick in the 2023 QMJHL Entry Draft. At the time of this writing, the transaction hasn't been posted on the league website but the Mooseheads site is reporting the deal.

Foston, a fourth-round pick of the Mooseheads in the 2019 QMJHL Entry Draft, registered two goals and five assists in 23 games last season. He appeared in 11 games with Halifax the year prior, recording no points.

Assuming Foston is making his way to Sea Dogs training camp, the Beaver Bank, NS native is presumably in the mix for a spot on the team's third or fourth line.

At this time, it looks like Saint John's top six forwards will consist of, in no particular order, Josh Lawrence, Brady Burns, William Dufour, Cam MacDonald, Peter Reynolds and Ryan Francis.

That leaves Foston, Riley Bezeau, Charles Savoie, Gavin Watt, Carter McCluskey and Nico Laforge making up the bottom two lines. Import Evgeny Sapelnikov likely has a spot as well when he reports to the team.

The Sea Dogs cut five forwards from their camp roster on Thursday, most of whom were drafted in June's QMJHL Entry Draft.

Saint John returns to pre-season play on Saturday, visiting the Acadie-Bathurst Titan at 3 p.m.