The Sudbury Miners and Dayton Musicmen made a minor move late Thursday evening, as the Miners sent utility forward Marcus Foligno to the Musicmen in exchange for a 4th round, 7th round and 12th round pick in 2018. The Miners will also retain $1.3 million of Foligno’s $2 million salary for the upcoming season.
Dayton was looking to add some veteran help for the next season as the franchise continues its re-build. While Foligno will not come to Dayton and break scoring records, he will be a reliable veteran that will help serve a purpose during this transition phase.
At times, Foligno had trouble cracking the line-up in Sudbury, only seeing action in 42 games last season. He chipped in with 4 goals and an assist, along with 33 penalty minutes while playing limited minutes on the Miners 4th line, when he did get into the line-up.
"(Marcus) is a really good person, he competes, he wants to win," General Manager Terry James said. "He's been caught in a bit of a numbers game here with what we are trying to do. He knew that. But he can still be of some value to a team in the right situation and I think heading to Dayton will be good for him. We will miss seeing his old-man around the rink though. You know he still wears that funny looking helmet whenever he is out for a skate?"
For the Miners, with this latest transaction, they again move a veteran contract who did not really fit into their future plans, for a couple of draft picks. As it stands right now, Sudbury will pick 22 times in the 2018 draft, 14 of which will be within the first 100 selections barring any future transactions.
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