Victoria visits Kamloops on Wednesday night
The difference between the clubs couldn’t be starker as the Victoria Royals are in Kamloops tonight to play the Blazers in the Western Hockey League.
The Blazers , meanwhile, are preparing to host the 2023 Memorial Cup in May and have loaded up for it. The staggering trade in January, in which the Blazers sent 10 future WHL draft selections, including four first-round picks through 2026, and several young players to the Everett Silvertips for two-time Canada world junior championship gold medallist defenceman Olen Zellweger and veteran forward Ryan Hofer made headlines around the league.
With teams such as the Blazers and Seattle Thunderbirds set for a steep fall next season, clubs such as the Silvertips, Vancouver Giants and Spokane Chiefs that traded veteran assets for future draft picks, will be on the rise. By failing to make similar moves, the Royals will find themselves in a grey area.
The problem is that while the Royals will have a veteran team next season, the last three seasons have shown that while they work hard, this group is just average at best. The ceiling appears so low that Victoria’s season to pop will likely mean looking at the fifth-to-eighth playoff positions next year and nothing remotely approaching the top of the table.
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