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Originally Posted by MonctonRad
And the trading sweepstakes have begun:
1) - as anticipated, Anderson MacDonald has been traded by the Wildcats to Acadie-Bathurst for a 2019 Rd. 3 pick, and a 2020 Rd. 2 pick.
2) - Moncton has acquired 19 year old LW Charles-Antoine Giguere from Blainville for a 2020 Rd. 2 pick (effectively the Rd. 2 pick from Bathurst).
Giguere will obviously be Anderson's replacement in the line-up, but he will join our glut of 19 year-olds on the team, and likely will be traded again in the summertime.
It will be interesting to see what other transactions might transpire during the Christmas trading period.
The Wildcats enter the Christmas break still #4 in the league, despite a lacklustre December. The team is 4-5-0-1 in the last ten games.
Jeremy McKenna is still #2 in league scoring at 25-34-59 after 36 games. Pelletier is #7 with 49 pts.
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In terms of the draft picks the 2020 pick that was received belongs to Quebec, which likely ends up being in the 20-25 range as I don't see them being strong next season. The 2020 pick that was traded was a Cats pick so that has a strong likelihood of being 30-35th pick given that the Cats likely target next season to go "all in".
The Gigure trade seems like overpayment, but I believe is also a sign of the prices to expect due to it being a Memorial Cup year. I would have been much happier with a 4th or a 5th for a guy whos a .5ppgm player but theres been lots of comments online saying hes much better than just whats on the stats sheet. I was disappointed that we weren't adding a defenseman for a major asset, but I will wait to see the final picture after the trade deadline. Best case scenario for Gigure is he turns into a ppgm player the rest of the season who they can trade for a 3rd round pick in the summer to recoup most of the cost.
I'd be very curious what assets could be on the table for Seitz if the Gigure cost was that high. Seitz is a more known commodity than Gigure especially since he was the shadow for Lafreniere last season. He also had an NHL camp invite. A team within the division may want to pick him up just for that purpose. There's been some rumors Rimouski may even be making offers to keep him away from other teams.
Perhaps they could get a 2nd rounder back for him + an additional asset and come out ahead.