And So It Begins

It’s the most wonderful time of the year.

The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League’s trading period begins today and runs through January 7. For some teams, they’ll spend the next few weeks loading up for a President’s Cup run while others will look to sell all of their veteran players to start a rebuild. Then there are the few who will do nothing. 

The Saint John Sea Dogs are expected to be buyers but it isn’t clear how much they’ll buy. In an interview with News 88.9 yesterday, Sea Dogs associate coach and director of hockey operations Mike Kelly made it clear that Saint John won’t be selling the farm in order to load up.

On Friday, the Chronicle Herald took a look at who are the buyers and sellers this year while and the Cape Breton Post discussed many of the rumours that are going around.

There doesn’t seem to be too many rumours going around involving the Sea Dogs. In the CB Post article, it mentions that Saint John could be a destination for defenseman Morgan Ellis. Shawinigan and Victoriaville are the other rumoured suitors for the Montreal Canadiens prospect.

With the addition of Charlie Coyle over the weekend, Saint John’s offense looks solid. It’s the defense and goaltending that the Dogs may look to upgrade.

It’s going to be an interesting few weeks.