Good day to all the fans of the CCHL.
It's your trusty sidekick and old buddy Trader Sam back to review another week of transaction mayhem around the CCHL. It seems that many of you enjoy my reviews, so let's get at this fast today. I'm am to the CCHL what Aussie Man Reviews are to the video world, baby!
CCHL LEAGUE OFFICES...NIA waives D. Girardi...(Waiver expiration date 10/25/17)...
Gosh Niagara Falls finally bites the bullet on Dan Girardi. Yes he's good at blocking shots but that's because he skates so poorly now he can't get out of the way. Of course the puck is going to hit him. In any event, a little birdy told me that he is going to be picked up by another team as they just couldn't let his shot blocking rating go to waste.
CCHL LEAGUE OFFICES...SUD trades B. Sutter & B. Hutton to LAS for LAS 2nd-19 & LAS 3rd-19...
Ladies and gentlemen, Sudbury GM Terry James is a fine used car salesman! He managed to get a solid return for guys that aren't going to help the Miners win a CCHL Kehler Cup anytime soon and he polished Ben Hutton up real nice before GM Watson drove him off the lot.
Sutter and Hutton help out Las Vegas quite a bit and are under team control for a long time. Some may argue that the price was too high but given how they help Las Vegas, it's hard to argue against the move.
CCHL LEAGUE OFFICES...LAS waives J. McGinn, P. DiGiuseppe & J. Garrison...(Waiver expiration date 10/28/17)...
Good riddance to Larry, Curly and Moe. This trifecta of press box food eaters is now free to another CCHL home. With the salaries that McGinn and Garrison have, there's no chance they are claimed on the waiver wire while DiGiuseppe may be seen as having some upside still. This is a case of out with the bad air and in with the good air for Las Vegas.
CCHL LEAGUE OFFICES...DAY trades B. Dumoulin to LAS for SIB 4th-18 & LAS 6th-18...
At the price of a fourth and sixth round pick, the acquisition of Dumoulin is at a fairly good price. I think both teams did what they set out to do in this deal and it is a pretty even transaction.
CCHL LEAGUE OFFICES...SUD signs Be. Smith to a 1 yr., $650K contract...
Sudbury signs resident defensive forward Ben Smith for the remainder of the year to help them stay competitive and maintain a strong penalty kill. He's not going to score a lot of goals for the Miners but that's not his job. I'm also going to stop writing about Ben Smith now because he's Ben Smith. This may be the most somebody has ever written about him.
CCHL LEAGUE OFFICES...DAY trades J. Drouin, $2M & Future Considerations to NIA for J. Bailey, J. Dickinson, T. Rattie, Jonah Gadjovich-p, Jack Studnicka-p, Andrew Mangiapane-p, CGY 3rd-18, NIA 4th-18, NIA 10th-18, NIA 11th-18, NIA 12th-18, NIA 2nd-19, NIA 3rd-19, NIA 9th-19, NIA 10th-19, NIA 11th-19 & NIA 12th-19...
(Future Considerations = DAY would put waiver claim in for D. Girardi upon acceptance of this offer AND agree to take S. Doan at the 41 game mark)
You know how good it feels to be right? Earlier in this column Trader Sam predicted that Girardi would be picked up and would you look at that.......it's hard being right sometimes. GM Bill Corfield could certainly use the veteran defencemen given how banged up his group seems to be these days.
Also going to Dayton were fine prospects Bailey, Dickinson, Studnicka and Gadjovich. Niagara Falls GM Bobby Nicol also was also able to deal about a million draft picks to Dayton in this deal to convince him to take Girardi. The good news for Niagara Falls is they can put that order for a draft pick cupboard on hold since the cupboard is pretty bare pick-wise for the next year or so!
However, it's a pretty good deal when you consider that Niagara Falls was struggling financially. Not only do they get rid of some high priced veterans, they also managed to pick up the sublimely talented Drouin in this deal which should pay immediate dividends. The only thing that could have been better for Niagara Falls is if they managed to convince Dayton to take the boat anchor known as Rick Nash's contract.
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