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Prospect for the Seattle Kraken traded for ten draft picks in the OHL

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Rob A.
August 6, 2024  (5:16 PM)
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Carson Rehkopf playing for Team Canada at the world juniors
Photo credit: New York Times

The Seattle Kraken prospect playing for the Kitchener Rangers of the OHL is traded for ten draft picks to the Brampton Steelheads.

It is not very often you see a trade that has one team giving up ten draft picks for one player. But it happened in the Ontario Hockey League. In a post on social media Tuesday, the Brampton Steelheads announced receiving Carson Rehkopf, a prospect in the Seattle Kraken organization, for 10 picks.

"TRADE ALERT! 🚨

We have completed a trade with the Kitchener Rangers, acquiring @SeattleKraken
Prospect Carson Rehkopf!" The Steelheads said.

The 19-year-old Rehkopf played in 60 games last year with the Rangers, putting up 95 points, which includes 52 goals. The trade may seem a bit uneven at first glance, but the Rangers are set to rebuild this season, with players like Eduard Sale and Filip Mesar looking to make their way into the NHL by playing with their teams AHL affiliates.

The older group of players such as Matthew Sop, Mitchell Martin and Roman Schmidt are gone, so this is a great opportunity for the Kitchener Rangers to rebuild with a boat load of picks.

The Brampton Steelheads on the other hand are ready to try and win now, so adding this offensive powerhouse will help them attempt to reach the OHL Eastern Conference, and even finish with the top seed. Brampton has a pair of 2025 top draft prospects in Porter Martone and Jack Ivankovic and many other complimentary players that could help them win now.

The deal included a number of years and picks with three 2nds rounders, three 3rd rounders, three 4th rounders, and a seventh round, over the course of 2025 through 2028.

For a team looking to rebuild like the Rangers this is a great opportunity to do so even at the cost of losing one of the top scorers in the league.

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