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DUB Trade Deadline Wrap-up

Written by Kevin Shaw on

 

The WHL Trade Deadline held some intrigue as to what teams were planning with all of the uncertainty surrounding the season. Speculation was heavy that players like Ryker Evans and Ozzy Weisblatt were going to be moved.

To keep or not to keep? That was the question.

The deadline started off slow but ended with a bang. Even though only nine transactions took place this deadline will be remembered.

Moose Jaw and Spokane exchange veteran forwards

The Moose Jaw Warriors acquired 20-year-old forward Cordel Larson from the Spokane Chiefs for 19-year-old forward Cade Hayes and a third-round pick in the 2022 WHL Prospects Draft.

Larson brings 172 games of WHL experience (all played with the Chiefs) to the Warriors in which he has 85 points (30G-55A). The Weyburn, SK has played 30 games this season where he has 17 points (5G-12A).

Hayes had played his three years in the WHL with the Warriors where he had played 101 games collecting 44 points (16G-28A). The Eatonia, SK product has 19 points (5G-14A) in 35 games this year with the Warriors.

Regina, Kamloops swap forwards

The Regina Pats got a little bit younger and the Kamloops Blazers got a little bit older in a swap of right-handed shooting forwards. The Pats acquired 17-year-old Tye Spencer from the Blazers for 19-year-old Drew Englot.

Englot, a 6’3″ power forward from Candiac, SK had played all of his three-year WHL career with the Pats. In 112 games with the Pats he had 40 points (20G-20A). In 32 games this season he has 16 points (6G-10A).

Spencer, still classified as a rookie is a small speedy forward from Saskatoon who has 11 points (3G-8A) in 32 games with the Blazers this season. In his career, he brings 50 games of experience to the Pats with 13 points (5G-8A).

Saskatoon acquire forward from Kamloops

The Saskatoon Blades and Kamloops Blazers came together to make a deal. The Blades brought Josh Pillar in from the Blazers for two conditional draft picks (second-round pick in the 2024 WHL Prospects Draft and a third-round pick in the 2022 WHL Prospects Draft).

Pillar who is from Warman, SK was moved so he could be back in his hometown to deal with a medical situation.

In 183 career WHL games (all with the Blazers), the 19-year-old forward has 126 points (43G-83A).

Kamloops makes third trade of the day in deal with Spokane

The Kamloops Blazers acquired Luke Toporowski from the Spokane Chiefs in exchange for Nick McCarry and a second-round pick in the 2025 WHL Prospects Draft in a swap of overage forwards.

Toporowski had played his entire WHL career with the Chiefs where he began as a 16-year-old. In 223 games with the Chiefs, he has 165 points (76G-89A). In 27 games in 2021-22, the Iowa-born forward has 29 points (15G-14A).

So far in 2021-22, his first season with the Blazers, McCarry has 28 points (7G-21A) in 34 games. The Calgary product started his WHL career with the Tigers before his move to Kamloops. In 138 career WHL games so far, he has notched 69 points (30G-29A).

Lethbridge and Medicine Hat swap overagers

In a swap of 20-year-old forwards, the Lethbridge Hurricanes traded Logan Barlage and a fourth-round pick in the 2022 WHL Prospects Draft for Corson Hopwo.

Barlage, a 6’5″ forward from Humboldt, SK has 17 points (7G-10A) in 31 games in 2021-22. In his 259 game WHL career, which started with Swift Current, Barlage has 154 points (57G-97A).

Hopwo, a forward from Victoria, BC has skated in 25 games with the Tigers scoring 16 points (8G-8A). He had played his entire career in the black and orange where he had 96 points (43G-53A) in 170 games.

Vancouver adds defenseman from Regina

The Vancouver Giants acquired defenseman Tom Cadieux from the Regina Pats in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2023 WHL Prospect Draft, and a fifth-round pick in the 2022 WHL Prospects Draft.

In 30 games this season with the Pats, Cadieux has 11 points (1G-11A). The Saskatoon, SK product started his career with Tri-City before being dealt to Regina and in 143 career games, he has 24 points (3G-21A).

Winnipeg and Lethbridge swap forwards and picks

The Winnipeg ICE acquired Chase Wheatcroft and a fifth-round pick in the 2022 WHL Prospects Draft from the Lethbridge Hurricanes in exchange for Brayden Edwards, a second-round pick in the 2025 WHL Prospects Draft, and a fourth-round pick in the 2023 WHL Prospects Draft.

Wheatcroft, a forward from Calgary, is in his third WHL season, all were with the Hurricanes. In 22 games this year he has 17 points (4G-13A) and in 104 career games he has 61 points (19G-42A)

Edwards, a rookie seventeen-year-old forward from Abbotsford, BC has played in 11 games where he has three assists.

Winnipeg adds defenseman from Vancouver

The Winnipeg ICE has acquired nineteen-year-old Tanner Brown from the Vancouver Giants in exchange for a first-round pick in the 2022 WHL Prospects Draft.

In 34 games thus far with the Giants, the Kelowna, BC product has 14 points (3G-11A). He had played his entire WHL career with the Giants which consisted of 127 games in which he has 29 points (6G-23A).

Edmonton makes big splash in deal with Vancouver

The Edmonton Oil Kings made in what most would say the biggest splash of the trade deadline when they acquired Justin Sourdif from the Vancouver Giants for Jacob Boucher, a first-round pick in the 2022 WHL Prospects Draft, and a first-round pick in the 2025 WHL Prospects Draft.

Sourdif, a five-year WHLer had played his entire career with the Giants where he was the club’s captain this season. In 24 games with the Giants, the Richmond, BC product has 32 points (9G-23A). In his career, Sourdif has skated in 171 games notching 166 points (69G-97A).

Nineteen-year-old Boucher has played 30 games for the Oil Kings this season picking up 20 points (10G-10A). The St. Albert, AB product is with his third WHL club (started with Lethbridge) and has played 49 career games with 24 points (11G-13A).