VSN Presents: VHL Trade History - S72 VAN/MOS

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VHL Trade History - S72 Vancouver Wolves and Moscow Menace

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Written By: SpicyGecko

 

Welcome to another edition of VHL Trade History, a series where we take an in-depth look into the history of a trade and how it turned out for the teams involved. In this edition we will be breaking down a trade that took place in Season 72 between the Vancouver Wolves and the Moscow Menace. Majority of the trades happen on Moscow’s side therefore it will be broken down trade by trade.

The original trade was the Moscow Menace sending Right Winger Mat Tocco (@Matmenzinger) to the Vancouver Wolves for Left Winger Kazimir Komarov (@Gooningitup) and Right Winger Ryo Yamazuki II (@Donno100). Tocco was drafted 31st overall by the Menace in the Season 66 draft. After being traded, he went on to score 58 goals and 76 assists for 134 points in 116 games before retiring. That is where the Vancouver side of the trade ends. On the Moscow side, Kazimir Komarov was drafted 26th overall by the Wolves in Season 71, he never made it into the VHL and retired after 3 seasons in the VHLM. Ryo Yamazuki II was acquired by the Wolves in a trade with the New York Americans in Season 72, he only played 2 games with the Wolves before being traded to the Menace. In two seasons with Moscow, Ryo put up 54 goals, and 42 assists for 86 points in 117 games. 

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The trade to Calgary involves Right Winger Ryo Yamazuki II, S75 MOS 2nd and the S74 MOS 1st for Center Mikko Lahtinen (@Beketov) in Season 74. With Moscow, Yamazuki put up 54 goals and 42 assists for 96 points in 117 games. After getting traded to Calgary he was immediately traded to Las Vegas before he could even play a game with the Wranglers. The second round pick ended up being traded to Riga where they drafted Defensemen Altair McCloud (@Hoopydog) 28th overall whereas Calgary kept the first round pick and drafted Left Winger Luke Thornton (@Jtv123) 11th overall in Season 74. Thornton went on to play 432 games in 6 seasons with Calgary putting up 170 goals and 224 assists for 394 points before being traded to New York. Mikko Lahtinen played 216 games in 3 seasons with Moscow putting up 158 goals and 185 assists for 343 points.

 

After spending 3 seasons in Moscow, Mikko Lahtinen was traded to London United along with Goaltender Jacob Tonn (@MexicanCow123) and the S77 DCD 1st for a long list of players and picks. Tonn only played 1 season with Moscow posting 46 wins in 64 games with a 0.927 save percentage and 2.46 goals against average before going on to post 75 wins in 130 games with a 0.920 save percentage and 2.82 goals against average with London. He then retired with 1100 TPE. In the Season 77 Draft, London selected Center That Dude 10th overall. So far in 5 seasons with the United, Dude (@Cornholio) has put up 136 goals and 203 assists for 339 points in 344 games. He continues to play with London and has 4 seasons left in his career. 

Defenseman Bahram Kamkar spent 1 season in Moscow putting up 1 goal and 3 assists for 4 points in 72 games before retiring with 262 TPA. Goaltender Kevin Malone (@Squidward) spent 2 seasons in Moscow before being traded to DC for Defensemen Alex Letang and the S81 DCD 2nd. Malone posted 53 wins in 128 games with a 0.918 save percentage and a 3.54 goals against average. Left Winger Maksim Yakolevsky (@Nepto) did not play any games with Moscow and went to Free Agency. Left Winger Philip Stein played 288 games in 4 seasons with Moscow putting up 83 goals and 226 assists for 309 points. Stein was then traded to the DC Dragons along with the S81 LDN 3rd and S81 DCD 3rd in exchange for Center Brian Strong Jr. (@Wheaties). With their newly acquired draft picks, DC drafted Center Adeline Delle Donne (@Dtayl) and Left Winger Jason Coiner (@Jason) who are both currently playing in the VHLM. Strong Jr played 1 season in Moscow putting up 23 goals and 19 assists for 42 points in 61 games before retiring. 

 

With the Season 77 1st round pick Moscow acquired from London they drafted Right Winger Duncan Idaho (@OrbitingDeath ) 3rd overall. Idaho is now in the top 5 of the Season 81 scoring race and is in the running for multiple awards. The mid-season award prediction in this VSN article have Idaho in the running for most points, most goals, the Scotty Campbell Award, the Brett Slobodzian Award and the Scott Boulet Award. The other pick Moscow acquired was the S78 LDN 3rd which they traded to the Riga Reign in exchange for the S79 RIG 2nd and Defensemen Dolant Fertitta. 

 

Fertita played 3 seasons for Moscow scoring 50 goals and 84 assists for 133 points in 203 games before becoming a free agent. The second round pick was packaged with Moscow’s S80 2nd round pick and sent to the Toronto Legion in S78 for the S78 WAR 2nd, S78 LAS 2nd, and the S79 TOR 4th. With Warsaw’s 2nd round pick, Moscow drafted Right Winger Matti Takala 30th overall. He played 1 season in the VHLM before being released and is currently not playing for any teams. With the Las Vegas 2nd rounder, Moscow drafted Goaltender Leroy Johnson (@Vkobe-v) 29th overall. He is currently playing his first season with the Menace. The S79 TOR 4th was skipped and no one was drafted with that pick. 

 

Going back over to the Kevin Malone string of trades, Defensemen Alex Letang (@Spartan) spent 4 seasons in Moscow putting up 67 goals and 225 assists in 288 games. He was packaged with the S79 MOS 1st and sent to the Los Angeles Stars for Defensemen Jocke Jockesson and the S79 LAS 1st. Jockesson is currently playing in the VHLE with the Vastras Eagles. With LA’s 1st, Moscow drafted Goaltender Papa Emeritus (@Beketov) 1st overall. Emeritus has spent the last 3 seasons with the Menace posting 47 wins in 99 games with a 0.915 save percentage and a 3.18 goals against average. With Moscow’s S79 1st, LA selected Right Winger AJ Williams (@ajwllmsn) 5th overall. He has spent the past 2 seasons with the Stars putting up 63 goals and 62 assists 125 points in 132 games so far. Letang only played 1 season with LA putting up 25 goals and 94 assists for 119 points in 72 games before retiring. 

The S81 DCD 2nd was sent to the Warsaw Predators along with the S82 MOS 1st for the S81 WAR 1st. Warsaw drafted Right Winger Fredric Salo (@Infernal) 30th overall and he is currently playing in the VHLM. With Moscow in 1st place in their conference it looks like the S82 MOS 1st will be close to the end of the first round. The Menace drafted Left Winger

Nico Pearce (@Spartan) 10th overall in Season 81. He is currently playing his first season in Moscow with 26 goals and 26 assists for 52 points in 61 games so far. 

 

That is the end of the trade tree, here is a summary of the transactions:

*Note: Not all stats are shown. Only post-trade stats are shown of relevant teams.

 

 

Moscow clearly made the most of the assets they acquired from Vancouver. Players in green are still on the VHL team that acquired them, the players in red are currently playing for the Moscow Menace, players in orange are currently playing in the VHLE, the players in blue are currently playing the in VHLM, and players on black are either retired, a free agent, or are not currently playing for any teams. Vancouver has no assets left from this trade and only ended up with 1 player whereas Moscow still has 4 active players and 2 prospects left from this trade. This is an obvious win for Moscow even though they ended up sending more assets they still came out on top of Vancouver by a long shot.  Let me know what you think, who was the winner? What was the biggest and best asset Moscow acquired? If there is a trade you want me to break down next let me know!

 

Here is the full trade tree:

 

Other members that were involved in this trade tree.

 

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