Transaction Chronicles: The Advantage Timeline (Edition 11)

[Advantage 2,769]

To New York:

S38 – Dimothenis Vlasis

 

To Cologne:

S42 COL 2^nd Round Pick (Travis Willcox)

 

This trade was made to acquire a solid number two defender who was younger and therefore fairly cheap, but still had enough TPE to be a good efficient producer.  I was pretty pleased to acquire him (despite his recent inactivity) for a mere mid second round pick that I had previously already had required from Cologne.

 

Vlasis would go on to a solid 432 game career, with 281 points, 873 hits and 898 blocked shots.  He was a solid presence for the team’s he was on as either a second or third defenseman and was a really good acquisition I feel given the price.  The pick involved also really didn’t net anyone with Willcox never making the Victory Hockey League.  Safe to say, I definitely see this trade as a huge win for myself and the Americans.  Especially considering he would return not too long after.

 

To New York:

LW – Jakob Linholm

 

To Quebec:

S43 NYA 3^rd Round Pick (Jed Mosley)

 

I originally drafted Linholm and decided to make another move for him just to add another inexpensive body to my second line.  One thing I feel I did very well as a GM, was acquire depth pieces at next-to-nothing prices and this was a good example of that with that 3^rd round pick being basically useless.  Linholm wasn’t on New York for long but he managed to do what he did best which was be a decent producer at a fairly low cost.  You need these kind of players and I entrusted Linholm multiple times to be one for me.

 

To New York:

S44 RIG 3^rd Round Pick

 

To Riga:

D – Dimothenis Vlasis

 

Sadly due to the fact that I had a lot of players in their prime contracts, I eventually had to move some cap out and Vlasis made the most sense given the roster I had to play with.  This was no doubt a good deal for Riga and one that I have made similarly in the past from the other shoe, but sometimes you have little choice when you need to dump a contract and really don’t have the leverage or interest in the players that you want to move.

 

To New York:

C - Konstantin Azhishchenkov

 

 To Riga:

S43 NYA 2^nd Round Pick (Casper Solomon)

 

Due to the fact that I was looking at a bit of a rental solution, I moved a low second that ended up being a nothing player, in order to acquire Konstantin Azhishchenkov who had a productive, yet still disappointing 499 game career in the Victory Hockey League.  Finishing with 409 points during his career, he was a very productive second line player that filled in occasionally on top lines but ultimately never lived up to the hype he had as a prospect.  For my uses though, he fit the bill and was a solid acquisition for a pretty low price.  One that I would make every season if I could.