Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Notebook: Some trade period updates

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs
As it usually does, the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League trade period has quieted down after a busy opening few days. Here are a few updates.

  • If you missed it, the Vincent Sevigny deal is official. “Vincent brings valuable experience having won the President Cup” said Sea Dogs president and general manager Trevor Georgie in a news release Monday. “He played an integral role shutting down the other teams’ best players throughout the playoffs and in the President Cup Finals last season. Now he’ll have the opportunity to try and win another with us this season.” 
  • In the Telegraph-Journal (paywall), Georgie added that "I expect more moves to come to add to the team."
  • In an interview with RDS, Georgie was asked about Saint John's goaltending tandem of Jonathan Lemieux and Noah Patenaude. Georgie said that, as Memorial Cup hosts, they are evaluating every position on the team prior to the Jan. 6 trade deadline.
  • Charlottetown's blue line was already excellent and became even better with the acquisition of Jeremie Biakabutuka from Rimouski. The question for the Islanders, like it seems to be every year, is if they have the offense to get it done. They were eliminated in the bubble last year on a 2-0 loss to Victoriaville.
  • In the Cape Breton Post, Patrick McNeil writes about why, because of several factors, this may be a quieter trade period than originally anticipated across the league.
  • Craig Eagles shares his latest thoughts on the trade period.

INNISS SUSPENDED
Sea Dogs defenseman Christopher Inniss has been suspended two games for a high stick in Saturday's contest against the Acadie-Bathurst Titan.

Inniss was handed a five-minute major and match penalty for the high stick at 7:48 of the opening frame. The Sea Dogs went on to lose the game 4-3.

Inniss has a goal and four assists in 30 games with Saint John this year.

COVID THINGS
Here's a quick look at all the COVID-19 related things you don't want to hear about:


PRE-TOURNAMENT PLAY
Five pre-tournament games will be played at the world juniors on Thursday in Edmonton and Red Deer.

The game of the day will feature Team Canada taking on Sea Dogs draft pick Fyodor Svechkov and Team Russia at 8 p.m. Atlantic. That game will be on TSN.

At the same time in Red Deer, Vincent Despont, Noah Patenaude and Switzerland will face the Czech Republic.

The other games will feature the United States taking on Finland; Slovakia facing Germany; and Austria battling Sweden.
ZEGRAS COPY
Check these guys out! Ruining the game and stuff!
TOY STORY NIGHT
The Peterborough Petes recently hosted "Toy Story Night" against the rival Oshawa Generals.
OTHER THINGS

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