Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Judge as you may!

What is believed to be the first three-way trade in the history of the Federal Hockey League was struck this afternoon at Mercury headquarters.

Here are the details of the historic deal:

To Josh Lewis and co-manager who wishes not to be named:
Ondrej Pavelec
2nd round pick (17th overall)
3rd round pick (31st overall)
8th round pick

To Chad Saxon:
Devan Dubnyk
1st round pick (8th overall)
Two 5th round picks

Saxon then flipped the 8th overall pick and Tyler Ennis to Brant Kersey for Thomas Vanek and an 8th round pick.

"It's a bittersweet day," said Lewis, who has already announced that he is taking Mikael Granlund with the first overall pick in tonight's draft.

"Tears well up in my eyes just thinking about the players we could have had at #8... but goaltending is king in this league, and we did what we had to do to shore ours up."

Lewis then left the room sobbing.

Picks in tonight's draft:
1st rounder (#1)
2nd rounder (#15)
2nd rounder (#17)
3rd rounder (#31)
6th rounder (#71)
7th rounder (#85)
8th rounder (#99)
8th rounder (#101)

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