TRADE ALERT PRG/MAL

[Erik Summers 451]

 

 

 

Prague Phantoms receive

Matthew Materazo

     

Malmo Nighthawks receive

S70 PRG 3rd, S71 PRG 2nd, S72 PRG 3rd

 

     

 

Trade Analysis

From the expansion team to best team in the regular season in three short years, the meteoric rise of the Malmo Nighthawks may have been too fast. Malmo now finds themselves in cap hell resulting in the loss of a long-time face of the team, Matthew Matarazo. Prague, the newest expansion team, hopes to follow Malmo’s rise to the top and believes Materazo is a key part of that formula. Matarazo is one of ten players on Prague that enter free agency next season, so bringing real success to the Phantoms this season may be crucial to keeping around key pieces of their roster. Malmo seems to be banking on the opposite, but the relevance of Prague 2nd could be potentially useless is they make a deep playoff run.

     

Get to Know the Players 

 

Matthew Materazo

Drafted 18th overall in S64 by the New York Americans, Matthew Materazo quickly saw himself gobbled up my the Malmo Nighthawks in the expansion draft. Despite often playing second fiddle to teammates like McWolf and Thompson, Materazo produced consistently for the Nighthawks, averaging 64.5 points and, as a competent 200 ft. forward, 32 shots blocked a season. Materazo enters free agency in S71 ahead of his final season and it will be interesting to watch where he chooses to play his final year, as he will likely be able to command a steep price if he desires.