Samuel Carrier headlines QMJHL pre-season trade action (Copyright Getty Images)
With training camps starting this week, there has been a flurry of trade action as coaches/ general managers start to identify players that fit their identities, and ship away those who do not. There have already been cuts made as well, which I will list below:
Drumondville cuts: Alexandre Veronneau, Alexandre Biloudeau, Xavier LaBonte, Gabriel Labbe, Jonathan Rizzo, Joe Fleschier, Sacha Harnois, Kevin Bernilon, Gabriel Dubois, Olivier Roquebrune, Dylan Montcalm, Andrew McCann and Toliver Bergeron
Gatineau cuts: Karl Leveille, Nicolas Lachance, Joey Palumbo, Francois Plamondon, Steven Brooker, Felix-Antoine Jacques and Robby Klein
Rouyn-Noranda cuts: Joey Deveny, Jeremy Therrien, Alexandre Dulude, Benjamin Lavoie and Anthony Beauchamp
Victoriaville cuts: Julien Giroux, Marc Terriault, Etienne Lavoie, Jean-Dominic Samson, Jesse Turin, Jason Caron, Christopher Daoud and Dallas Lahache
The first name to catch your eye is well, the first name. Alexandre Verroneau looked very promising as a 16 year old rookie, putting up great numbers in a handful of games, but has not looked like a QMJHL caliber goalie ever since. This appears to be the end of his major junior career.
On the trade front, there have been 6 trades in the last two days and here they are:
-Sherbrooke trades Phillipe Archambault to Chicoutimi for a 5th in 2013
Fairly minor deal, Chicoutimi adds some veteran experience and grit to the bottom 6
-Baie-Comeau trades Samuel Carrier to Blainville-Boisbriand for a 1st in 2014
This will be one of the biggest trades of the year, with the Armada adding another top 5 defenseman
in this league to their roster, letting the QMJHL know they are ready to contend this year!
-Blainville-Boisbriand trades Vincent Richer to Sherbrooke for a 5th in 2014
The Armada clear room for overager Carrier to play, while Sherbrooke acquires a solid veteran option on the back end.
-Sherbrooke trades Mitchell Shewfelt to Cape Breton for a 10th in 2013
The Screaming Eagles add a defenseman after holes left by Jacob Arsenault and Louis-Phillipe Page not reporting to camp.
-Rouyn-Noranda trades Jason Houde to Quebec for a 8th in 2013
Quebec picks up some much needed depth up front adding 19 year old Houde, who will be a depth scorer.
-Sherbrooke trades Marc-Anothony Therrien to Victoriaville for a 14th in 2013
Victoriaville adds an undrafted Therrien who can likely only crack the Victo line up due to depth issues
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