The Drummondville Voltigeurs have traded away breakout forward Dawson Mercer to the Chicoutimi Saguenéens. This trade took place less than 24 hours after Mercer had won gold at the World Junior Championship with Team Canada.
This trade is a big one considering Drummondville received 6 draft picks in exchange for the Newfoundland native. The return for Mercer is said to be three 1st round picks in 2020,2021 and 2022 along with 2 2nd round picks in 2020 and 2021 as well as a 4th round pick in 2022. Quite a hefty return in exchange for 1 asset.
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Mercer is having a breakout year, scoring 18 goals 24 assists for 42 points in just 26 games played. This is quite a step up in production for Mercer, as last year he had 64 points in 68 games.
With Chicoutimi already being in first place in their conference in the QMJHL, they are about to become a lot more dangerous as they have also acquired Raphael Lavoie in a separate deal. The newly acquired WJC gold medal winners will reportedly play in Friday night's game against the Halifax Mooseheads.
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