TRADE ALERT: MOS/RIG

[McWolf 3,116]

 

Riga Reign receives

Finn Davison

     

Moscow Menace receives

S71 CGY 2nd

     

 

Trade Analysis

 

This very busy offseason continues as the Riga Reign acquired the rights to discuss with pending free agent netminder Finn Davison before the free-agent market opens (he extended with the team for 2 seasons since then). In return, the Moscow Menace received a Calgary’s 2nd round pick in Season 71. The trade makes a lot of sense from the point of view of the Russian team, given that they have a long-term solution in net with Raymond Bernard, and that Davison’s contract can be saved to keep their excellent core together. Bernard was already the starter at the beginning of last season before he was shafted by Davison who arrived by trade at the deadline, in hopes that he could carry the Menace to a first Continental Cup conquest.

 

The part that’s confusing me about this trade is what the Riga Reign gains from adding Davison when they already have veteran Kallis Kriketers between the pipes for one more season. What’s going to happen to him? Is he going to be forced to retire in the same offseason he’ll most likely claim the Brett Slobodzian, Scotty Campbell, Aidan Shaw and Greg Clegane trophies? Is he going to be traded to another contender? Problem with that is that basically every team I expect to be front-runners for the Continental Cup already have a good starting goaltender for next season at least, they don’t really need one season of Kriketers. Mind you, a 2nd rounder next season is a cheap price to pay to add a former Aidan Shaw Trophy winner in Finn Davison, but that is only if he extends with Riga. Else, it’s pretty much a waste of a pick that could represent a future roster player for the team on the verge of rebuilding. I guess we’ll have to wait and see what cards Reign GM Benjamin Zeptenbergs is holding because it’s still unclear if he has a clear plan of where his team is headed or he’s just winging it and making the most out of the opportunities he got so far.

     

     

Get to know the player

     

Finn Davison

Finn Davison has been the one ray of hope in this dark era that was the last half of the past decade for the HC Davos Dynamo. He’s been fairly good, whatever the team in front of him looked like, maintaining a save percentage of .918 and a goal against average of 2.67 over the 6 first seasons of his career. He’s only one season removed from the best campaign in his career, in which he reached career highs with 37 wins, 10 shutouts, a .927 SV% and a 2.20 GAA, as he was rewarded by getting his name engraved in both the Aidan Shaw and the Greg Clegane trophies. This past season saw him play for a different team for the first time in his career, as the Dynamo traded him to the Menace at the deadline, as the latter was hoping the British goaltender could help them win their first Continental Cup. 

 

 

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VSN Writer McWolf

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I don't know if shafted is the right word did you see my numbers?