My Internet has been down the past couple of days so I haven't been able to do trade by trade analysis until now so I guess this will be my catch up for Sarnia. After the trade deadline I will do one for the entire OHL.
Sarnia Sting/Windsor Spitfires
The Sarnia Sting started their flurry of trades on Jan 4th trading with the Windsor Spitfires for overage defenseman Adrian Robertson. In return Sarnia sent 3 picks to the Windsor Spitfires (3rd round '12 SSM, 2nd Round '16, 2nd Round '17).
There are multiple things that I don't like about this deal. The first is that Sarnia essentially traded away an 11 and 12 year old. The bonus to trading picks so far away is it does give the Sting time to recoup them during a rebuild which should happen after next year. The 2nd part I don't like is that the Sting have now sent the Windsor Spitfires 3 2nd Round picks this year for defensemen and it seems like a relatively high price to pay for an over after defenseman. (The other was a 2nd round '14 in the Craig Dunnick deal).
The upside to this trade is that Sarnia acquires a defenseman that should help to create a more solid blue line which post Christmas break was obvious that it needed to be addressed. Robertson is a solid 2 way defenseman that has 9 goals and 24 assists for 33 points is a +8 and has 62 PIM.
To Sarnia: Adrian Robertson
To Windsor: SSM 3rd Round Draft Pick in 2012, SAR 2nd Round Draft Pick 2016, SAR 2nd Round Draft Pick 2017
Sarnia/Kingston Take 1
Sarnia's 2nd trade was one of the worst kept secretes since before Christmas. Sarnia traded underage forward Ryan Kujawinski for 19 year old Ryan Spooner. The only reason it waited so long was Ryan Kujawinski wasn't able to be traded until after Jan 1st and then on top of that was playing at the under 17 tournament in Windsor for Team Ontario and wasn't allowed to be traded until he was returned to the Sting.
It is always hard to part with a 16 year old prospect that hasn't really been given the chance to show what he can do but even harder to trade away a 16 year old 4th overall draft pick. Kujawinski has the potential to be a star in the OHL but hasn't really been given ice time consistently all year to adapt to the league. When he was given ice time he never really flourished but you can't expect every 16 year old to come in and be an immediate impact player as some need a year to develop and get used to junior hockey. Kujawinski also suffered an injury at an unfortunate time when he would have been able to soak up some more ice time with the Sting while the Sting have been covered by the black injury cloud all year so far.
Ryan Spooner brings a player with a pedigree of being a sniper in the OHL. In 27 games so far this season with the not so impressive rebuilding Kingston Frontenacs Spooner has 14 goals and 18 assists for 32 points he is an even player and has only 8 PIM. Spooner suffered from Mononucleosiss but should be ready to go for the Sting this weekend.
Kujawinski did not play last night for the Kingston Frontenacs.
To Sarnia: Ryan Spooner
To Kingston: Ryan Kujawinski
Sarnia/Naigara
It has been rumoured around Sarnia for most of the year this year that Brett Ritchie's days were numbered in Sarnia. Ritchie has been very injury prone. Ritchie has been bitten by the injury bug for most of the year and fans were starting to give Ritchie a hard time saying that he isn't "dedicated" to the team. Ritchie needed a fresh start after a slow start to the year and Niagara was somewhere he could get that but still be on a team that is competitive and making a run. Ritchie should help Niagara go for it or go deep in the playoffs, Sarnia recouped a bunch of picks that they had traded away but expect a couple of those to be involved in other deals.
To Sarnia: Guelph 2nd Round Pick '12, Niagara 2nd Round Pick '13, Niagara 5th Round Pick '13, Peterborough 2nd Round Pick '14
To Niagara: Brett Ritchie
Sarnia/Kingston Take 2
Sarnia acquired overage forward Tyler J Brown from the Kingston Frontenacs in exchange for Jack Nevins, a 3rd round pick and Taylor Carnevale.
Carnevale's season is essentially over so him being included in the deal is kind of ahead scratcher instead of him being released. Jack Nevins is a huge loss for Sarnia, he came in and took over the tough guy role for Flemington and has done everything the coaching staff has asked. Nevins is a heart on the sleeve type player with good work ethic and Sarnia fans are going to miss him while Kingston fans are going to love him. Nevins had 1 goal and 2 assists in his debut for Kingston last night.
Tyler J Brown has been a point per game player for Kingston so far this year with 19 goals and 19 assists in 37 games for 38 points, he is a -4 with 42 PIM. I haven't seen a lot of TJ Brown since he was traded from Plymouth so I don't really know but a point per game player is only going to help fill the injury void for Sarnia hopefully.
To Sarnia: Tyler Brown
To Kingston: Taylor Carnevale, Jack Nevins, Sarnia's 3rd Round Pick '16
Look for more trades to happen in the next day or so... A big one is in the works but has clearly hit a snag.
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