Tips and Broncos Trade

[Flathead]

Silvertips Acquire Leavold and Leckovic from Broncos
Created: Nov 1, 2005
Everett, WA – October 31st, 2005: The Everett Silvertips have made a trade with the Swift Current Broncos this afternoon by acquiring forwards Brady Leavold and Boris Leckovic from the Broncos in exchange for two conditional draft picks.

Leavold who was recently in the BCHL (Junior A) with the Burnaby Express added 3 goals and 5 assists for 8 points in 3 games with the Express this season. At the start of the 2005-2006 season Leavold added an assist in 7 games with the Broncos. Last season with the Broncos, the Port Coquitlam, BC native tallied 5 goals and 9 assists for 14 points in 68 games.

Boris Leckovic has posted one assist in 13 games with the Broncos this season. The Burnaby, BC native recorded 4 goals and 4 assists in 53 games with the Broncos and the Saskatoon Blades last season.

“With our injuries to Wheat, Fiala, Doyle and Smyke our healthy roster is down to 20 players and we are in the middle of a 16 game stretch in 28 days,” mentions Silvertips Director of Hockey Operations and Head Coach, Kevin Constantine. “With acquiring Brady and Boris, we add experience to our roster that will get us through this tough stretch of games.”

You guys are getting two very different but good hockey players. Leovold was rookie of the year, last year with the Broncos and has all kinds of talent. Not sure why he left Swift but glad he's getting another shot. Boris in my opinion is the leagues number one aggitater but has a tendancy to go overboard once in awhile. If he sticks to playing hockey he's a treat to watch and is quite comical. Definetly a role player.

[GoTips]

Could Leckovic be an enforcer type player? Seems to be one of pieces to the team that we lack. Fighter? Any info welcome, on either players. Thanks in advance.

Surprised that we got more players without giving much up.

[Flathead]

Could Leckovic be an enforcer type player? Seems to be one of pieces to the team that we lack. Fighter? Any info welcome, on either players. Thanks in advance.

Surprised that we got more players without giving much up.

Boris will fight, but likes to talk the talk and do the chicken with his arms, tends to get the opposition off their game more than a fight. He's entertaining, I'll guarantee you've never had a player like Boris on your team before. he was suspended awhile ago for jumping a guy in Lethbridge and was suspended last year for some, "on ice comments". If he sticks to hockey he's very effective. I'm sad to see him go, but wish him all the best.
Leovold has lots of offensive talent and should fit in well, if he works hard and doesn't get frustrated he could be a number one line, type of guy. You guys did well on this trade.

[chiefgongshow]

It should be interesting to see if Boris will still be some what of a loose cannon with Constatine being the kind of no nonsense coach who would grow tired of the kind of antics Boris has done on the ice before. Brady will be a good pickup for the Tips. Interesting to see what the futures will turn out to be though.

[Kristi]

You gotta love any kid named Boris! You know he was probably taunted in elementary school! Should be fun to watch him!

I hope they both can stick around after the players who are hurt return.

[GoTips]

With Leckovic, Constantine won't take his crap so I'm not worried, hopefully he becomes a smart enforcer for the Tips. Leovold sounds like a good filler to the Fiala, Wheat void. Although, I'm pretty comfortable with the offense.

[Triton]

Does Leovold and Leckovic become expendable once Wheat and Fiala return?

[Kristi]

Does Leovold and Leckovic become expendable once Wheat and Fiala return?

One would think so! Unless one of them shows exceptional talent and "plays" their way onto the team taking a younger players ice time.

Guess we will see what happens.

[Flathead]

If Brady plays like he can, and I think he will now that he's closer to home, he'll stay with the team. He's capable of being a dominate player and you should be able to tell in the first few games if he's in it or not.
Boris will have to work hard and keep his nose clean, no more suspensions, and he could stick with the team as well.
But who knows, time will tell. Best of luck to the both of them and congrats to Everett on the great start to the season.

[chiefgongshow]

leavold doesnt appear to be reporting to everett. article below



Tips' trade for depth called off
Brady Leavold, one of the players in the deal, decides not to report to Everett.

By Nick Patterson
Herald Writer


EVERETT - Well, it's back to the drawing board for the short-handed Everett Silvertips.

Monday's trade, designed to provide the Silvertips with extra bodies while they deal with their current injury crisis, has been called off because one of the players has decided not to report to Everett.

Everett and Swift Current agreed to a deal Monday that sent 18-year-old forwards Brady Leavold and Boris Leckovic to the Silvertips in exchange for two conditional Bantam Draft picks.

However, Leavold has decided not to report to Everett, thus nixing the trade in its current form.

"The trade's probably not going to go through because it's contingent on the players reporting and Leavold's not going to report," Everett coach and director of hockey operations Kevin Constantine said. "So that portion of the trade will probably be null and void. It was kind of a package deal so we have to rediscuss the rest of the trade."

Leavold left Swift Current after seven games this season and joined his hometown Burnaby Express of the British Columbia Hockey League, where he had three goals and five assists in his first three games. He's decided to remain with the Express rather than return to the Western Hockey League.

"He joined a junior team there in Burnaby, which is where he's from, and I think he's just comfortable with where he's at right now," Constantine said. "He kind of got started with that team and just wants to stay there."

The fact that Leavold has decided not to report doesn't mean the trade is completely dead in the water, and Leckovic was still scheduled to meet up with the Silvertips in Spokane. But Leavold was Everett's primary target in the deal.

"The Leavold trade is something we started working on right away when we knew both (Ondrej) Fiala and (Torrie) Wheat were injured," Constantine said. "We spent a lot of time wrapped up in that, that was a trade we thought made sense now and in the future, so all our energy went into that. Now we've got to start over.

"The whole trade itself has to be rethought," Constantine added. "It's not that Leckovic wouldn't be a part of the deal anymore, it's just that the terms of the trade have to be rethought."

The trade's nullification throws a monkey wrench into Everett's immediate plans. Everett begins its longest road trip of the season tonight - seven games in 11 days, including the Tips' swing through the Central Division - with a shortage of healthy bodies.

Forwards Wheat and Fiala, who both recovering from knee injuries, are not making the trip.

Defenseman Eric Doyle, whose hip injury is healing faster than expected, is making the trip. However, Constantine is not counting on Doyle being ready to play during the trip.

Right wing Jesse Smyke, who missed the past five games, appears ready to return to the lineup. However, even if Smyke returns Everett still has just 21 players available.

Therefore the Tips are looking at contingency plans for the road trip, including bringing in some players from their list to temporarily round out the roster.

"It's back to ground zero a little bit, with maybe a little more lean towards some of the guys who were cut last," Constantine said. "Matt Meropoulis, Brennan Zasitko, even (Kyle) Beach (Everett's first-round pick in the 2005 Bantam Draft) who can play five games for us, maybe getting him in some of those five games now."

The good news for Everett is that despite the injuries, they still go into the road trip on a roll. The Tips have won 10 of their past 11 games and are eight points ahead of tonight's opponent Spokane for first place in the U.S. Division.

"It's always good to get some momentum going," Everett defenseman Shaun Heshka said. "Six wins in a row is something we've never done in this franchise, and to continue that is something we're really striving for. If we can continue that one to seven, eight, nine, ten, that'd be great. If not, we're just going to have to keep chipping away on this road trip to see how many wins we can get."