The Dayton Musicmen, reigning CCHL champs, have released a statement on how they will apply their ratings upgrade for the upcoming season.
The Musicmen have a reputation for trying to keep the "big picture" in focus at all times. While we were thrilled to overcome a tough Georgetown team last Spring to win our fourth CCHL championship, we realized we had some cracks in our foundation.
To build last season's team, we spent a lot of our youth and draft picks to acquire the guys we did. We also spent a ton of cash. Like we've done before, we've decided we need to take a step backwards this season,
retool and look to the future.
We can announce this morning that Shea Weber has been traded to the Calgary Chinook for Sean Monahan. The details of the trade will be announced formally Sunday after the waiver draft, but its a package of multiple players changing teams and Dayton acquiring several draft picks, as well.
Last night, we placed most of the high end talent under contract on the market. Everyone is available. Those of you who have followed Musicmen hockey for the last 15 years know that our philosophy has always been aggressive when it comes to making trades. Winning the Kehler Cup last year does nothing to change our core approach to how we run this franchise.
Given the interest in Sidney Crosby - and realizing that there were several options on how to best utilize our
ratings adjustment this season - we've submitted the paper work to the league elevating Crosby's defense on
this disk from a 2 up to a 3 rating.
We feel doing this will add further value to his marketability and benefit us should we decide to trade him.
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