Our success with Free Agents

[dar]

Over the past few years, we have had to rely more on Free Agents due to lack of picks (resulting from trades for the Memorial Cup). We have had some success with some of these FA, and some of them are paying dividends down the road as we got return for them in trades.

Sniderman

Gave us some good goaltending when we needed it. Got traded to RN for an 8th round pick. We traded that pick to Chicoutimi for a 7th round pick in 2009.

Lavigne

Again helped in the net when needed. Got traded to Que for a 4th round 2009 draft pick.

Mangan

Boosted our offense when it was in need. Traded to the Fog Devils with a 7th round pick for a 2nd round pick and a 4th round pick. The second round gave us half a G Boileau-Domingue (another 2nd round pick was use to trade up for this 1st round pick). The fourth gave us F Daoust.

Marquardt

Great player for our 4th line in the Memorial Cup run. Scored a lot of goals in the following seasons. We traded him with Gomes (throw in in my opinion), for a 2009 1st round pick, a 2008 2nd round pick and a 2008 5th round pick and D Savard. The 2nd was the other half that allowed us to get G Boileau-Domingue. The 5th round pick yielded D Downe.

Maclellan

Hard working forward that delivered some great work ethics.
He was traded for a 4th round pick in 2009 to CB.

Ouskun

Saw some limited action as a Wildcat. We traded him to obtain a 2007 1st round euro pick. We obtained Baca which was traded to obtain an 8th round pick in 2009.
Little

Only played in exhibition games. Traded to PEI for an 8th round pick in 2008. We drafted F Lariviere.

Other players that joined our team as free agents, that have given us various levels of success over the past few years (but that were not traded), MacDonald, Morehouse, Biduke, Eastman, Stephens, Herr, Wilson and Tolles.

All in all, we still have Biduke and Stephens as Free Agents, and the trades gave us:

1st round pick Boileau-Domigue
4th round pick Daoust
5th round pick Downe
8th round pick Lariviere
D David Savard
BC 2009 1st round pick
Que 2009 4th round pick
CB 2009 4th round pick
Chi 7th round pick
RN 2009 8th round

(we also gave away a 7th 2008 pick in the process)

We have recuperated a lot of the picks that we lost through great scouting/signing of Free Agents.

[Captain Obvious]

Hopefully they are able to bring 4-5 decent FA in this year, we may have room for a d-man and a forward plus a goalie to push LBD.

[SteveUL]

Jun 9, 2008 9:31:37 GMT -4 dar said:

All in all, we still have Biduke or Eastman and Stephens as Free Agents, and the trades gave us:

8th round pick Mireault
1st round pick Boileau-Domigue
4th round pick Daoust
5th round pick Downe
8th round pick Lariviere
D David Savard
BC 2009 1st round pick
Que 2009 4th round pick
CB 2009 4th round pick
RN 2009 8th round (maybe 5th) pick

(we also gave away a 7th 2008 pick in the process)

We have recuperated a lot of the picks that we lost through great scouting/signing of Free Agents.

Thats an impressive compilation ... nice work.

Marquardt was a little different than the rest though ... under today's rules he wouldn't be in the Q. He had something like 14 teams after him prior to his 18 YO season and he came here with the lure of the Mem Cup ... and probably some sort of compensation package. A MacDonald was also lured in for compensation to give up his NCAA commitment. So while they didn't cost us any hockey assets (players and/or picks) they did cost the team something to bring them in.

[Captain Obvious]

One guy the Cats should definitely bring in as a FA is Lyndon Joseph(1990), he was the top goal scorer in the NB/PEI MAAA league with 29 in 35 games, was 3rd leading scorer during the season and 2nd in the playoffs(29-16-45 in 35 GP and 10-8-18 in 8 GP). I'm sure Flynn and his contacts will bring in 3-4 nS kids also.





PS. Querry was 3rd leading scorer in the playoffs(4-12-16 in 8 GP) 5thy during the season(17-21-38 in 35 GP).

[bjindaho]

One thing is that all teams were told by Courteau NOT to look at FAs from Ontario. I don't know if this ban has been lifted yet...

[dar]

Jun 9, 2008 9:48:08 GMT -4 SteveUL said:

Jun 9, 2008 9:31:37 GMT -4 dar said:

All in all, we still have Biduke or Eastman and Stephens as Free Agents, and the trades gave us:

8th round pick Mireault
1st round pick Boileau-Domigue
4th round pick Daoust
5th round pick Downe
8th round pick Lariviere
D David Savard
BC 2009 1st round pick
Que 2009 4th round pick
CB 2009 4th round pick
RN 2009 8th round (maybe 5th) pick

(we also gave away a 7th 2008 pick in the process)

We have recuperated a lot of the picks that we lost through great scouting/signing of Free Agents.

Thats an impressive compilation ... nice work.

Marquardt was a little different than the rest though ... under today's rules he wouldn't be in the Q. He had something like 14 teams after him prior to his 18 YO season and he came here with the lure of the Mem Cup ... and probably some sort of compensation package. A MacDonald was also lured in for compensation to give up his NCAA commitment. So while they didn't cost us any hockey assets (players and/or picks) they did cost the team something to bring them in.

I know Marquardt was different. The Memorial Cup costs us more when it came time to trade, but this was offset by the fact we got guys like Marquardt and MacDonald (who both joined our team because of the Memorial Cup). And now, we are getting some of those assets since we traded Marquardt.

[Captain Obvious]

Jun 9, 2008 10:13:41 GMT -4 @bjindaho said:

One thing is that all teams were told by Courteau NOT to look at FAs from Ontario. I don't know if this ban has been lifted yet...

I think that was temporary until they had the big CHL meeting sometime in late June.

I think what they need are synchronised protected lists, same number across Canada plus similar waiver systems.

I think it's unfair to prevent 17-18-19 year olds kids not drafted or invited to OHL camps not to be able to come to the Q.

[bjindaho]

and Yandle

[Captain Obvious]

Jun 9, 2008 11:48:44 GMT -4 @bjindaho said:

and Yandle

Yandle was a Chicoutimi draft pick...taken from them by St.John in the expansion draft, then traded to Gatineau then to Moncton.

[bjindaho]

who only reported because you were hosting the Mem Cup. He might as well have been a FA.

[Captain Obvious]

Jun 9, 2008 11:50:54 GMT -4 @bjindaho said:

who only reported because you were hosting the Mem Cup. He might as well have been a FA.

Actually he could not get into Maine or Lowell so he was playing junior somewhere...maybe not Chicoutimi but might have reported to Gtaineau...

[killer]

Taylor Moore during Moncton's Mem Cup year comes to mind for me...............

[forrest]

It is interesting how certain players, free agents or draft picks, keep contributing indirectly through the picks obtain for them.

For instance, Esposito, an 11th pick overall (was projected to go 1st) now traded to Mtl for Jean-Simon Allard, and a crap load of picks. Those picks will have impact with the Remparts for years to come. Imagine had Esposito gone to SNB where he should have gone. ;D ;D

[bjindaho]

Then we wouldn't have our captain and leader. I wouldn't trade our captain to get the heartless one straight up any day!

[SteveUL]

Jun 9, 2008 12:25:40 GMT -4 @bjindaho said:

Then we wouldn't have our captain and leader. I wouldn't trade our captain to get the heartless one straight up any day!

I'd take Grant anyday ahead of Esposito.