The first major, major trade of the trade deadline run-up is in, and once again Carter Ashton is involved. Last year one of the first big pre-deadline deals saw him move from Lethbridge to Regina, and now he is on the move again, from Regina to Tri-City.
Ashton and a 2012 3rd round pick go from Regina to Tri-City for forwards Nils Moser and Tanner Olstad, a 2011 first round pick, and 2012 2nd and 5th round picks.
For the Ams, they just paid a big price to acquire one of the top players available and take a big step towards competing with Portland in the West.
For Regina, the deal recoups the first round pick they gave up to get Ashton and also gives them some other younger players and picks to use as building blocks.
So now that the first domino has tumbled, who's next to act? Which buyers now need to keep pace with the Ams? Who else is a seller besides Regina and (almost certainly) Calgary?
2 comments:
An astute trade by Lang beating the Schenn sweepstakes. There are Bubnick and others in Calgary. Possibly Cowan could be in the mix and a few other teams may look at their position in real terms, and start the rebuilding process. A couple years ago Dana Tyrell got hurt at the WJC's camp and PG ended up getting nothing for him. All this really did for the Pats was get back some of what they gave up to get Ashton.
the pats made preston a very happy man today, trading carter and seemingly starting the rebuilding stage COULD make our 1st round pick fron regina a very high one in nexts years draft...
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