Brock Otten’s annual trade deadline predictions are out. What a great read….very in depth. He doesn’t nail everything that will eventually happen with his predicted trades, but his analysis of what teams need and targets that are on their radar is always solid and certainly stirs the pot with all of the names and picks he mentions.
He imagines the Petes showing interest in:
11 different Dmen
three OA’s
Smereck (Flint)
Rhodes (Sud)
Headrick (Erie)
eight 98’s
Stillman (Osh)
Allen (Osh)
Moverare (Miss)
Hague (Miss)
Dineen (NB)
Day (Win)
Sambrook (Erie)
Mattinen (Flint)
as well as 2 forwards
Sokolov (Sud)
Pu (London)
But his trade predictions for the Petes are:
Prediction: Jalen Smereck goes from Flint to Peterborough in exchange for John Parker Jones, NIA 3rd 2018, Peterborough 2nd 2020, Peterborough 3rd, 2021
Prediction: Jacob Moverare goes from Missy to Peterborough in exchange for Matyas Svoboda, Alex Black, GUE 2nd 2018, North Bay 2nd 2019, Peterborough 3rd 2020, Peterborough 4th 2021
If these two trades were made, here is what the draft picks would look like for the next 5 years…….no 2nd round pick for the next 4 years, one 3rd round pick next year and then none for the next 4 years
2018 |
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3rd |
4th
NIA 4th* |
5th |
2019 |
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4th |
5th |
2020 |
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4th |
5th |
2021 |
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5th |
2022 |
2nd |
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4th |
5th |
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If these two trades were made, here is what the line-up might look like:
DeNoble(L) (97)
(OA) Ang(R) (98) Timleck(R) (98)
Gogolev(L) (00) Gallant(L) (99) Paquette(R) (98)
Dow (R) (98) SDA(R) (00) Korostelev(R) (97)
(OA)
Isaacson(L)(99) Robertson (L) (01) Denault (R)(00)
Smereck (L) (97)
(OA) Fraser (R) (99)
Timms (L) (98) Moverare (L) (98)
Osmanski (L) (98) Babintsev (R) (00)
Chisholm (L) (00)……..out until February
[Beraldo (L) (00) McNamara (R) (00) Supryka (01)]
Wells (98)
Jones (00)
Curran (99)
- Better quality and depth on the back end, especially with Chisholm sliding into Babintsev’s spot, paired with Osmanski, when he returns.
Can this group reduce the 36.5 SOG/game that the Petes have allowed through their first 31 games?
I should hope so!
As far as comparables go, our conference leaders:
Hamilton gives up 29.7 SOG/game
SSM gives up 28.4 SOG/game
This will leave the Petes with no depth at forward, every guy will need to pull his weight; no room for spectators.
To a man they will need the forwards to be consistently good, especially in the D zone, AND STAY HEALTHY
Wells will have to be Wells if the Petes are going to go deep into the playoffs.
No matter what happens, the next 4 weeks should be interesting.
