Rebels/Pats deal

An interesting overage transaction in the WHL this afternoon as Regina sends 20 year old defenceman Brandon Underwood to Red Deer for a 2013 4th round bantam pick. The move helps relieve Regina's surplus of overagers - they had five but are now down to four.

The interesting part though is the trickle-down effect this will have in Red Deer, where the Rebels already had three good overage forwards - Turner Elson, Charles Inglis, and Adam Kambeitz. If we go on the (seemingly safe) assumption that Red Deer didn't acquire Underwood just to flip him to somebody else, then this move means that one of that pretty good trio of Red Deer overage forwards is going to be on the move somewhere else in the next two weeks.

Edmonton and Vancouver both have openings for overage players yet - but Calgary, Kootenay, Spokane, and Tri-City join Regina and Red Deer as teams who all have one extra overager still. It's a buyers market.....