Ronin continue to make moves
Victoria made another move the other day, this time making a move with the defending champion Minnesota Norsemen. With the recent flurry of activity from Minnesota, the Ronin decided to strike when the iron was hot. They packaged forward Luke Kunin who was originally drafted by the Norsemen and young defenseman Dennis Cholowski who came over from Dayton in a deal last season for the established NHL defender Rasmus Ristolainen. Rasmus is still quite young at 25 years old, and made a tour of at least a few CCHL franchises before landing in British Columbia for a second time.
The Ronin believe in his ability to provide consistent defensive coverage on the backend for a team that has an improving defensive corps. He practiced the other day on the 3rd pairing and took some shots on the powerplay so looks to be fitting right in with the team.
“We believe in Risto and welcome him to beautiful supernatural British Columbia,” the Gm said. “He fits right in with the plan we have here to construct a team built on NHL talent in or approaching the prime of their career. While it was tough to part with both Luke & Dennis we felt it was the price to pay in order to acquire player of Rasmus' ability.”
Victoria now has quite a stable of defensemen to choose from. In fact it was rumored that Thomas Chabot will be watching the team from the pressbox for the next game or three. “There is little doubt of Chabot's talent but we felt he could learn a bit by watching from above”, the coach said. “With Trouba, Myers, Lindell, Savard, Scandella & Mayfield who will be joined next season by Quinn we are looking at what is probably the best overall defensive team we have ever had here in the Northwest.”
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