Centres Mitchell Stephens and Anthony Cirelli, who won silver for Canada together at the world junior hockey championship, were two of the biggest names moved on Monday as the Ontario Hockey League’s trade deadline approaches.
The OHL’s trade deadline is noon ET on Tuesday.
Stephens was traded by the Saginaw Spirit to the London Knights for four second-round picks between the 2018 and 2020 OHL Priority Selection Drafts and three third-round picks between 2017 and 2021.
Stephens was a second-round pick of the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2015 NHL Draft.
Cirelli was sent by the Oshawa Generals to the Erie Otters in exchange for rookie forward Allan McShane and five draft picks. Cirelli, who is also a Tampa Bay prospect, has 13 goals and 21 assists this season. McShane has seven goals and 16 assists so far this season.
Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Jeremy Bracco was traded by the Kitchener Rangers to the Windsor Spitfires late Monday.
In exchange, the Spitfires have sent right-winger Cole Carter and defenceman Andrew Burns along with three second-round picks to the Rangers. Windsor also gets two picks from Kitchener.
Oshawa also traded veteran defenceman Mitchell Vande Sompel to London in exchange for rookie defenceman Ian Blacker and five draft picks.
Vande Sompel was drafted by the New York Islanders following the Generals’ Memorial Cup win in 2015. Blacker is a fourth-round selection who has played in 23 games with London in his rookie season.
Also, the Knights traded six-foot-seven, 217-pound defenceman Chris Martenet and three draft picks to the Ottawa 67’s. In return, London gets the rights to forward Dante Salituro and an eighth-round pick (2021).
WHL trade action picks up
There were a flurry of moves in the WHL on Monday. Here are some of the highlights:
-Royals acquire D Loch Morrison and a fourth round pick (2017) from the Raiders in exchange for D Brayden Pachal and a sixth-round pick in 2017.
-Broncos acquire F Ryley Lindgren and a sixth-round pick in 2018 from the Hurricanes in exchange for F Carson Dyck and a third- round pick in 2018.
-Hurricanes acquire C Matt Alfaro, Zak Zborosky and a sixth-round pick in 2018 from the Kootenay ICE in exchange for C Brett Davis, F Colton Kroeker, a second-round pick in 2018 and a fourth-round pick in 2018.
