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| Trade breakdown (as per whl.ca) |
The Red Deer Rebels have officially parted ways with Mathew Dumba.
Today, the Rebels traded Dumba’s WHL
playing rights, along with a conditional 2014 WHL Bantam Draft pick,
to the Portland Winterhawks. In return, the Rebels get 18-year-old
forward Presten Kopeck and conditional bantam draft picks.
While it has become quite clear that
the Minnesota Wild have no interest in sending Dumba back to play for
an on-the-fringe playoff contender (if they ever had any to begin
with), the chance to send him out west to play for a league
championship and Memorial Cup contender may be a much more enticing
possibility. It is clearly a possibility that both Rebels GM / Head
Coach Brent Sutter and Winterhawks GM / Head Coach Mike Johnston are
banking on.
