PR - Wheat Kings

WHEAT KINGS PREPARE FOR FINAL STRETCH

With the deadline having come and gone, the Wheat Kings must now grit their teeth and hope for the best. Following the mega-deal with the Aces, the Kings made two small trades leading up to the deadline. The most significant of these saw the Kings trade their 1st rounder and disappointing prospect defenceman Cam Barker to the Misconduct for Stephen Weiss, Kristian Huselius, and the Bobcats 1st.

"To miss the playoffs is simply unacceptable to us," a rather irrate Mr. Young commented, "I don't care how competitive the conference is - it's always tough - this team must make the playoffs. We did that last deal out of some desperation, I admit. Sure Barker will play great for the Misconduct, inevitable All-Star and all that, we've gotten used to that... he played like s**t for us. If we make the playoffs, moving down a few picks will be a small price - if we still miss the playoffs, then we no longer have any consolation. Time to get Spartan about this: die or win."

While the team-defence has been relatively solid this season, the Kings have had troubles scoring.

"We are only on track to 250 goals for this season, that to me is a failure. Our goals against is where we want it, but our offence has been a brutal disappointment. Our top guys should be at a point per game, which they're not. Our secondary scorers should be consistent, which they're not."

In order to give the team a late season boost, Mr. Young picked up a couple mid-range scorers in Huselius and Weiss. So far the results have been mixed.

"Huselius has played well with Matt Ellison, those two have some good chemistry," the GM commented, "but Weiss has been a total waste, if he doesn't get it together soon I might just start benching him."

The Wheat Kings currently sit tied with the Raiders for the 8th seed but are losing the tie breaker, which is goals for (despite having the better goal differential).