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12-02-2005, 01:55 PM
from www.winterhawks.com
Hawks Avoid Expansion Draft, Trade Two List Players to Chilliwack
December 2, 2005 - Dean Vrooman
Portland, OR - The Portland Winter Hawks today traded two players from their 50-player protected list to the expansion Chilliwack Bruins for a “pass” in next June’s WHL expansion draft.
The Bruins, who begin play next season in 2006-07, will be allowed to take one player from each WHL team in the expansion draft. But, with this agreement, the Bruins receive two of Portland’s list players instead of having the right to make a choice from Portland’s roster in the draft.
Portland sent 16-year-old forward, Colby Kulhanek, and 15-year-old forward, Randy McNaught, to Chilliwack in the deal. Kulhanek, from Port Coquitlam, B.C., was Portland’s 8th round choice in the 2004 WHL Bantam Draft and McNaught, from Nanaimo, B.C., was Portland’s 9th round choice in the 2005 WHL Bantam Draft.
“This gives us more flexibility in making trades for players that will be 17 to 19 years old next season,” said General Manager Ken Hodge, who has acquired two such players in separate deals this week. “Now, we don’t have to be concerned about losing a player we trade for in the expansion draft because there would have been no way to protect them all. I think both Colby and Randy have a chance to become good players in our league and it is a tribute to our scouting staff that we have the depth in our system to make this kind of trade.”
If Kulhanek and McNaught both play 10 games in the WHL during the 2006-07 season, the Hawks receive a 7th round draft choice in the 2007 WHL Bantam Draft as further compensation from Chilliwack.
Hawks Avoid Expansion Draft, Trade Two List Players to Chilliwack
December 2, 2005 - Dean Vrooman
Portland, OR - The Portland Winter Hawks today traded two players from their 50-player protected list to the expansion Chilliwack Bruins for a “pass” in next June’s WHL expansion draft.
The Bruins, who begin play next season in 2006-07, will be allowed to take one player from each WHL team in the expansion draft. But, with this agreement, the Bruins receive two of Portland’s list players instead of having the right to make a choice from Portland’s roster in the draft.
Portland sent 16-year-old forward, Colby Kulhanek, and 15-year-old forward, Randy McNaught, to Chilliwack in the deal. Kulhanek, from Port Coquitlam, B.C., was Portland’s 8th round choice in the 2004 WHL Bantam Draft and McNaught, from Nanaimo, B.C., was Portland’s 9th round choice in the 2005 WHL Bantam Draft.
“This gives us more flexibility in making trades for players that will be 17 to 19 years old next season,” said General Manager Ken Hodge, who has acquired two such players in separate deals this week. “Now, we don’t have to be concerned about losing a player we trade for in the expansion draft because there would have been no way to protect them all. I think both Colby and Randy have a chance to become good players in our league and it is a tribute to our scouting staff that we have the depth in our system to make this kind of trade.”
If Kulhanek and McNaught both play 10 games in the WHL during the 2006-07 season, the Hawks receive a 7th round draft choice in the 2007 WHL Bantam Draft as further compensation from Chilliwack.