Three bits of WHL news this afternoon:
- Saskatoon traded 17 year old defenceman Brett Lernout to Swift Current for a 2013 4th round bantam pick
- Prince Albert traded 18 year old defenceman Shayne Gwinner (who had been sent home a while ago to await a trade) to Saskatoon for a 2014 5th round bantam pick
- 19 year old Seattle forward Tyler Alos has retired due to injury
The first two trades both involve the Blades and basically amount to them getting one year older at one "D" spot and swapping a 5th round pick for a 4th round pick in the process. You have to think Gwinner is feeling like he hit the jackpot right now - from unwanted and sent home by Prince Albert to landing with the Memorial Cup hosts.
One note about the Blades pick situation - in the 2014 draft they have now traded their 1st (Nathan Burns deal), 3rd (Adam Kambeitz deal), 5th (Gwinner), and 7th (Logan Harland) round picks, leaving them with only 2nd, 4th, and 6th round picks in the first 7 rounds of that draft. No doubt they will want to recoup some of those picks at some point, perhaps next year when they'll have an abundance of overagers to deal off around the league.
For the 2013 draft, the Blades still have their own 1st, 2nd, and 5th through 10th round picks, plus two 4th rounders they have acquired, Vancouver's and now Swift Current's. So except for the missing 3rd rounder (partially offset by having an extra 4th rounder), they still have a full slate of picks in the 2013 draft yet to use if they plan to make any trades in the next five weeks.
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