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Gonchar, Samsanov and O'Marra Join Wheaties
As the season passes out of its first quarter and with the Wheat Kings mired among the mediocre of the West, Coach-GM Tyler Young decided to offer Wheat-watchers a bit of an early Christmas gift.
Dispatching Alexei Shkotov, Jakubs Redlihs and Chuck Kobasew to the Brantford Bobcats, the Kings have added Sergei Gonchar, Sergei Samsonov and Ryan O'Marra.
"This is a heckuva trade to pull-off in the middle of the season," Mr. Young commented to the media tonight, "I can't begin to tell you how excited I am to add these guys. Gonchar is one of the few premier defencemen in the league, a former Norris winner, Samsonov has been a consistent point producer for years and has great experience, and O'Marra shows great promise as an playmaking center."
"Sure we gave up a lot, especially in youth, but we have quite a young team and we felt we could afford it. Now my hope is that this deal will shake us out of the malaise we've been in so far and put us into a safe (if there is such a thing in the West) playoff position."
Cynics might suggest that Mr. Young was forced into such a move by dealing away his first rounder this year and is just digging the hole deeper, giving up more youth, but he defended himself against the charge:
"The core remains in place, we're still quite young, in fact I think we were too young. A deal like this adds more depth to our organization in respect to experience and leadership, it gives us valuable intangibles."
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