Sunday, January 10, 2010

Rockets trades

The Rockets have acquired 20-year-old defenceman Dallas Jackson from the Prince George Cougars for 20-year-old Tyler Halliday and a third round WHL bantam draft pick in 2011. Jackson currently leads Prince George in scoring with 29 points in 29 games. He was one of just two players with a plus rating on the Cougars this season. A native of Edson, Alberta, the 6-foot-2, 187 pound Jackson is in his third WHL season and has played with Regina, Red Deer and Prince George.

“We had to find an older defenceman to stabilize our group,” said Bruce Hamilton, the Rockets general manager and president. “We needed somebody to play with Tyson Barrie and Collin Bowman. Jackson will help the power play immediately. He has to be a positive influence on the back end.”

To make room for Jackson the Rockets traded defenceman Kyle Verdino to the Swift Current Broncos in exchange for a 5th round draft pick in the 2011 WHL bantam draft.

“With Jackson coming in it was a numbers game and I think Kyle is ready for a fresh start,” said Hamilton. “He’s a solid young man that I really hope does well in Swift Current.”

The Rockets made two other moves on the WHL trade deadline:

-The Rockets acquired 17-year-old centre Sean Aschim from the Prince Albert Raiders in exchange for a 6th round WHL bantam draft pick. A 5-foot-11 172 pound centre, Aschim has scored four points in 26 games as a rookie with the Raiders but is a top prospect. A native of Saskatoon, Aschim had 16 goals, 36 assists and 52 points n 42 games in the Saskatchewan Major Midget League last season.

-The Rockets also acquired the rights to Colton Sissons, a 16-year-old list forward, along with a third round WHL bantam draft pick in 2011, from the Saskatoon Blades in exchange for Curt Gogol. Sissons has 17 points in 43 games so far this season with the BCHL’s Westside Warriors. Last year with the BC Major Midget League’s Vancouver Northwest Giants, the 5-foot-11 right winger had 54 points in 39 games.

“We still feel this division is wide open and with our injured veterans coming back to the our lineup soon, we’re excited about the additions we’ve made,” said Hamilton.

22 comments:

bigkev said...

when's bruce going to step down as rockets gm

Regan Bartel said...

Why would you say that? Lets see....4 Memorial appearances in 7 seasons. Come on Kev!!!

Ryan said...

Ya but Regan, McMillan has no business still being on the team and you know this.

bigkev said...

i see the rockets going to screw another goalie in brown, guggs should have been traded

brown's a # 1 goalie

Regan Bartel said...

Hamilton was not going to give this player away. Obviously the offers didn't meet what McMillan is worth.

Jared Comeau said...

Im assuming there are more trades to Come Regan? Guggs still in a Rockets Uniform still? Really?

g.k said...

I'm glad Mac is staying. As a season ticket holder I'm paying to hopefully see some of the best players in this league play & he is one of them. Hey Kev, what have you been smokin'?? I don't think we got a whole lot for Gogol, but Verdino did need a change of scenery, & I never really seen anything that impressed me in Halliday so that was a good move!! Time will tell I quess.

bigkev said...

is Colton Sissons leaving the bchl for the rockets

Regan Bartel said...

Guggs is staying put.

bigkev said...

agree on Halliday, i thot we were getting another callahan in halliday but didn't fight much 2 fights in 21 games

jaz301 said...

Well I am no expert on players and trades, but I am sure Hamilton knows what he is doing. He has done a lot for this team like you mentioned Regan 4 Memorial appearances in 7 seasons. I have my faith in him that once again he made the right moves

The only thing I might have done is traded guggs, but then again would any 1 take a 21 year old #1 goaltender if he has only played like 10 games this season?

MG said...

I was kinda hoping for a prospect defenceman or maybe a 18 or 19 year old D man, not a 20 year old ??? but maybe our young guys can learn a bit from him. I am also surprised to see that guggs didn't move and agree that Brown is our #1.

As for McMillam..Well as we know from the past teams do not give away top players for anything less. We have seen that before when it was us looking for another defenceman a year or two ago. It just doesn't happen and Hamilton is the same. I am glad he didn't trade him away for a bag of pucks. I am sure from Hamilton's track record that he got the best deals possible for what we had to offer.

I hope that Aschim and/or Sissons work out to be good additions to the team. Aschim looks to have some potential.

Ryan said...

As if he would have got a bag of pucks for Mcmillan. Looks like Brandon gave up slot to grab Hamonic, we would have at least got that. Wow, we get to watch a guy for two more months instead of watching a bunch of guys in a year or so. Plus he trades Google to a contender.

Jared Comeau said...

Ryan you have zero credibility with your comments....Nuff said...

LIONS said...

they need a Stay-at-home defender alongside of barrie not a second offensive defencemen...

Ryan said...

Jared, just look at what MJ got for Hamonic. Besides, Mrs Doubtfire, no one has less credibility than yourself.

MG said...

You are right Brandon gave up a ton

Brandon Wheat Kings trade D Dallas Ehrhardt (17), a 1st and 2nd-round pick in the 2010 WHL Bantam Draft and a 2nd-round pick in the 2011 WHL Bantam Draft to the Moose Jaw Warriors for D Travis Hamonic (19).

Is this kid that good ?? I know nothing about him ? Regan help ??

Regan Bartel said...

Hamonic is a Team Canada player. Yet he was hurt at the WJHC so won't be available to play for the Wheat Kings for about a month. No question he is a good d-man, but Moose Jaw got good return for the 19 year-old.

Ryan said...

Its a great return for Hamonic, a 19 yr old World Jr player. Too bad we never had a 19 yr old World Jr player to trade, the return would have set us up nice for the future.

Jared Comeau said...

Ryan, it's quite apparent you are not a fan of Brandon McMillan. The reason HAmilton didn't trade him, and I can almost assure you, is because if we traded him we had next to no leaders in the dressing room other than Barrie and Lucas.

I don't expect you to know much outside of the Westside Warriors though.

Ryan said...

Excuse me Mrs Doubtfire but I have never said a bad word about McMillan, in fact as you can see if you actually read my posts, my argument was that he would bring a significant return. Of course I am a fan of his, thats why I wanted him to go to a contender.

Bruce has a history of not trading vets and it does bite him, the Hannan years are classic examples.

By your logic MJ fans must not have liked Hamonic or their GM is lousy since he traded him? Jared I believe you have been a fan for awhile and clearly you love these kids but most people realize how the cycle works and accept guys move on and that trades are made to help teams out. Just like Bruce did in acquiring Sheldon Souray way back when.

By the way, us on this side of the lake could care less about the Warriors. Anythng more from St Denis' billites you wanna blab here?

Gord McGarva said...

Nothing like the trade dealine to fire up the blog.

Great news that Brandon McMillan is staying.

Mark Guggenberger will find his game. Mark just needs some more time and then he will be back to his old self. Just ask Calgary and Vancouver how good Guggs was last year in the playoffs. "2009 WHL CHAMPS"

All the best to Curt Gogol, Kyle Verdino, and Tyler Halliday.

Playoffs will be interesting.