After the awful season ending the Comets had, GM Quesnel had to act quick not lose his job and fans confidence in him.
That's what the GM did after the end off the season.
On March 22nd: The team announced the acquisition of Thomas Chabot, Tyler Seguin & Zach Hyman. Before shocking the fans with the Cooley/Demidov trade.
Later that week, Brady Skjei, Tyler Bertuzzi & Alex DeBrincat became Comets too.
Week one ended with 5 significant trades that changed the dynamic of the team.
UFA market: The Comets have been really quiet on the UFAs market. The only player signed was defenseman Tyler Myers to a 4 year/$24 million contract. To help solidify the defense and bringing more experience.
May 17th: We added Rielly Smith, Jason Dickinson, Alexandar Georgiev, Justus Annunen to our roster. Georgiev was immediately sent to Senneterre in return for a pick and Nico Daws.
The GM wasn’t done yet, still desperate to find a #1 goalie. An email was sent to Victoria’s GM Paul Canosa. The two GMs immediately found an agreement that brought Russian goalie Igor Shesterkin in Amos in return of Kochetkov, Daws and a 2nd pick.
With the feeling of accomplished mission GM Quesnel was about to close the trading department for the summer until THAT phone call…
- Hey Max, Matt Young speaking!
- Hey Matt, how are you?
- Matt: Max I’ll go straight to the point. Listen,I have an offer for you, an offer you can't refuse.
- Max: Always ready to listen to offers.
- Matt: I offer you Auston Matthews in a package for Byfield and Debrincat.
- Max: … … …. ………………………..
- Matt: Max, you there?
- Max: Yeah, sorry I fell beside my chair... I can’t refuse a deal like this, you was right...
- Matt: So, you are in to break the league?
- Max: Absolutely!
So, on May 19th Auston Matthews became a Comet! In a lineup update, here’s what the Comets 2.0 could look like:
Matthews-Stutzle-RNH
Hyman-Monahan-Foegele
Laine-Seguin-Bertuzzi
Sherwood-Evans-Dickinson
Sergachev-Toews
Myers-Chabot
Byram-Skjei
Shesterkin
Dobes
Until next trade…
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