Shaw continues to shuffle deck chairs
By The Nelson Daily Sports
By Bruce Fuhr,
The Nelson Daily Sports
Chris Shaw continues to shuffle the deck chairs on the Good Ship Leaf.
The rookie coach and GM traded local Nelson Minor Hockey League product Adrian Moyls to the Kimberley Dynamiters in a Kootenay International Junior Hockey League trade between two Kootenay Conference teams.
Also rumoured to be going to the Eddie Mountain squad, but not confirmed by Shaw, is the KIJHL rights to defenceman Bennett Hambrook.
Hambrook, with a goal in 12 games, now plays for Prince George Spruce Kings of the B.C. Hockey League.
Heading to the Heritage City is 6-foot, 184-pound Brennan Foreman.
“We’ve added another player in Brennan Foreman who scored 20 goals last year,” Shaw said from his office in the NDCC Arena Wednesday. “He’s a two-way player whose a shutdown guy and proven offensive player.”
Shaw said it was tough to trade the local player from the team. However, Moyls really didn’t produce for Nelson as a 20-year-old, scoring three goals for 11 points in 18 games.
“This was a very tough decision,” Shaw confessed. “This was a situation where (Adrian) had never played away from home and Kimberley really wanted him.”
“Brennan (Foreman) is also a local kid (from Marysville) so hopefully the change will be beneficial to both kids,” Shaw added.
The deal comes on the heels of the Leafs acquiring rugged winger Joel Stewart from the Spokane Braves.
Both players are expected to be in the lineup when Nelson travels to Grand Forks for the return visit of a home-and-home series.
The Leafs fired the first serve, winning 5-2 Saturday in fight-filled contest.
Nelson plays host to one of the hottest teams in the entire KIJHL, when the Kamloops Storm visits the Heritage City Saturday. Kamloops has reeled off nine wins in its last 10 games.
Sunday Nelson hosts Columbia Valley Rockies in an afternoon affair.
As for the shuffling of the deck chairs, Shaw hopes his wheeling and dealing is complete.
“I hope so,” he said. “I’m not really looking to make any other deals but at the same time when you have a bulk of injuries you don’t really have any choice.”
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