Sunday, December 18, 2022

QMJHL holiday trading period opens today

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs
ST. STEPHEN, NB
- The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's holiday trading period opens today and quite a few rumoured/reported/speculated deals are expected to be made official.

Some, like Val-d'Or Foreurs captain Justin Robidas being dealt to the Quebec Remparts, have been rumoured for months. A number of trades like this one should be confirmed at some point today.
As usual, the QMJHL's top five teams in the standings - Quebec, (surprisingly) Victoriaville, Halifax, Gatineau and Sherbrooke - are expected to be doing much of the buying this year.

The Saint John Sea Dogs, who went on one of the biggest buying sprees in league history a year ago, will likely be sellers this time around. The big question is how much selling will they do? The team's veteran players who have Memorial Cup experience will no doubt be of interest to a number of teams.

It's a necessity that the Sea Dogs do what they can to restock the team's bank of draft picks, which is currently extremely low for the next two drafts.

The QMJHL's trade deadline is Friday, Jan. 6, the day after the gold medal game of the World Junior Hockey Championship.

2 comments:

  1. With alot of the trade bait being injured it will be interesting what the return will be

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  2. Previous comment is about the SJ Seadogs

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