Really tough to
say good bye to my second home and thanks to @SeaDogsHockey
for everything you guys did for me #family
—
Olivier LeBlanc (@3LeBlanc) January
5, 2015
Time to get it
started with the @CBSEHockey on
Wednesday !!!
— Olivier LeBlanc (@3LeBlanc) January
5, 2015
The deal will see LeBlanc and prospect
Declan Smith head to Cape Breton while Drummondville’s 2015 first-round pick
and defenseman Jason Bell will come to Saint John.
It’s going to take some time to digest
this trade as it’s not everyday a team’s captain is surprisingly traded - even
in the QMJHL where the unexpected is expected. Right now, it looks as though
Cape Breton will immediately win this deal but Saint John may be the big winner
in a year or so.
The QMJHL’s trading period ends tomorrow
at 1 p.m. Atlantic time.
Photo: Marc Henwood/Station Nation
Photo: Marc Henwood/Station Nation
Sad to see him leave....one of my favorites on this club.
ReplyDeleteGood luck Oli
Yes, it sad to see him go, but this is junior hockey, every year is the mad scramble to get a playoff berth and maybe a league championship or a Memorial Cup. This is the great thing about junior hockey, the players are always under a microscope all the time and the teams are always looking ahead to next season and looking for the 18-year olds who will take them to the top.
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