As expected, Raiders defenceman Jeff May has been traded to Lethbridge this morning. Quite a steep price was paid for him too by the Hurricanes: their 2008 2nd round bantam pick, plus two forward prospects - Robbie Ciolfi (16) and Brent Martin (15). Martin was Lethbridge's 3rd round pick in 2007, while Ciolfi is a listed player from the Lethbridge AAA midgets. Both these guys are point-a-game scorers this year in the Alberta AAA midget league.
Supposedly Martin was a first-round talent who slipped to the 3rd round last May because he was waffling on playing in the WHL vs NCAA. That may or may not still be the case, I don't know. Excellent prospect either way though.
So, basically three pretty good prospects for a half-season of a rent-a-player like Jeff May. May is a very good all-situation defenceman who is going to really help shore up the Lethbridge blueline. But that is a big price.....if this is any indication of what the contenders are willing to pay for help, then things are going to get really expensive (and interesting) by deadline. Just over 24 hours to go now.
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