The S81 Alex Johnston Trade tree

[Daniel Janser 2,169]

Dear VHLer,

 

I was considering doing this trade tree for a while and here it is in all its glory. I will address every individual part of this trade in detail as it is kind of complicated. The initial trade was like this:

 

 

Here is also the excel table I created to keep track of all the parts involved. Here is the link to it in case you want to look at it in more detail.

 

 

A little disclaimer upfront. All the game and scoring related data are based on end of regular Season S85 and include playoff as well as regular season games combined.

 

We start with Helsinki's half of the trade.

 

Helsinki would acquire Alex Johnston. The winger played parts of two seasons for 122 games, 93 goals and 101a before being traded to Riga. Helsinki would receive in exchange Jolly Greene Giant, Los Angeles' 3rd round pick in S83 and Riga's S84 1st round pick.

 

Giant would play 22 games and score 11 goals and 10 assists for the Titans before retiring.

The S83 3rd round pick, the Titans would you use to draft Hungarian defender Hunor Solyom, who is yet to make his debut in the big show, but remains in the Finn's prospect pool.

Riga's S84 1st round pick would be flipped together with earlier acquired Defender Erlantz Jokinen (who played 72 games for the Titans, scoring 19 goals and 59 assists) and Helsinki's fourth round pick to Calgary, after the Veteran back had a fallout with Helsinki's management. In return, Helsinki would acquire London's S85 2nd round pick, Calgary's S85 2nd round pick and Calgary's S86 first round pick.

The London S85 2nd pick would be bundled with Riga's S84 3rd round pick to Prague to acquire Reylynn Reinhart, who played 79 games and scoring 51 goals and 46a before retiring with Helsinki.

The S85 2nd round pick from Calgary would be used to draft Vinny Lecavalier, who is still in Helsinki's system, but has yet to make an appearance in the VHL.

The S86 1st round pick from Calgary is still in possession of the Titans.

Riga's S84 2nd round pick would be bundled with veteran Left Wing Magnus Verlander and prospect Defender Cameron Elsby to Los Angeles for Florida Man. The Right Winger has played 223 games for Helsinki so far, scoring 93 goals and 103 assists in the process.

 

The second piece of the original deal was Los Angeles' S81 first round pick, which Helsinki would use to draft Wattson Power. The Canadian would never skate for the Finnish team but instead would be traded together with Kyosti Karjalainen to Moscow for star forward Nico Pearce and Moscow's 3rd round pick in S83.

Pearce would play 223 games, contributing 128 goals and 137 assists for the Titan's tally, as well as winning the Brooks and Campbell Trophy in S84 before hitting free agency.

The 3rd round pick would be combined with Helsinki's 2nd and 4th round pick in the S83 draft to acquire Defender prospect Deron Nesbitt, who so far has played 151 games and scored 20 goals and 62 assists.

 

The third and final piece on Helsinki's side of the Johnston-Trade, Los Angeles' 2nd round pick in S81, the Titans would use to draft Swiss Defender Janet Snakehole, who only ever played in the Minor Leagues and retired in S83 from professional ice hockey.

 

Now to Calgary's side of the trade:

 

Calgary would acquire Right Wing Gustislav Nasherov, who played 164 games for the Albertan team, scoring 112 goals and 111 assists before being traded together with Jokinen to Helsinki for Bob Chicoine, Lenny Sanderson, Seattle's 1st round pick in S83 as well as Helsinki's 2nd and 3rd round pick in S84 (note that is the trade before Erlantz had the aforementioned disharmony with HSK's upper echelon).

Chicoine would play 28 games with the Wranglers, adding 1 goal and 5 assists to his tally, before being shipped to Vancouver for veteran Forward Brenden Telker. The latter dressed for 51 games, scoring 14 goals and 23 assists, before hanging up his skates for good.

Calgary used Seattle's 1st rounder to select Portuguese Wonderkind Leandro Gonçalves. The center played 151 games in a Wranglers uniform for 60 goals and 70 assists so far with an upwards trend.

Helsinki's 2nd round pick was packaged with Calgary's 1st round pick in S83 to acquire New York's 1st rounder in S83. This pick was then used by GM Ricer to draft S83 Jack Wylde Award winning Pylon Defender AirRig GoodBrandSun into the team. AG has played 227 games, scoring 43 goals and 141 apples for the Black, White and Red. He will remain a staple in Calgary's defence for years to come.

Helsinki's 3rd round pick in S84 was used to draft Lorenzo Cobberson, who this past season played for Oslo Storm in the VHLE and is still in the Wranglers' prospect pool.

 

Davos' 2nd round pick in S81 was used to select Defender Ragnar Hagstrom, who hung up his skates in S80 after a career-ending injury (read: the player was part of the multi-'outbreak' in the 2021 Holiday season).

 

Calgary's 1st round pick in S81 was used to select Left Winger/Center Daniel Janser. The Swiss forward has played 316 games for the Wranglers, scoring 143 goals and 195 assists, was elected Captain prior to the S85 season (and served as alternate in S83 and S84) and won the Mike Szatkowski, the Brett Slobodzian as well as the Kevin Brooks Trophy this past season.

 

Kindly note that the trade, which brought Jokinen back to Calgary was not included on the Wranglers' side of the deal, as technically it is not part of the original trade tree on their side. For good orders' sake (and for the interested readers and not-so-nitpicking connoisseurs), Jokinen played 151 games for 34 goals and 132 assists since his return and has a contract with the team for his final season.

The Riga 1st round pick, which was involved in that same trade, was used to select Center Sax Justice, who played his first season with the Wranglers and scored 5 goals and 15 assists.

Helsinki's 4th round pick in S84 acquired in the Jokinen-deal was waived by the Wranglers.

 

I hope this was something of interest for you and I hope Ricer can stop to make such intricate deals, as it took me quite some time to unwind it all

 

 

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Edited December 15, 2022 by Daniel Janser

[Daniel Janser 2,169]

Seems I published this trade tree too early, as of course the two notorious trade addicts GM Ricer and Alex were involved in a threeway deal which shipped the S86 CGY 1st Round pick to Davos *sigh* I may or may not update the trade tree at a later stage.

 

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Edited December 15, 2022 by Daniel Janser

[Daniel Janser 2,169]

I updated the trade tree, it is saved under the same link as the original one here.

 

And as I feared SOMEONE kept it alive into S88 (at least).