Scoring Position (Hockey Ever After #2)

by Ashlyn Kane

Cassie: It’s clear what Montreal was thinking. Wright for Lundström alone is a no-brainer. Even if you don’t need an excellent cheap young defenseman—which Montreal does—turning around and flipping him would be laughably easy. Add in a pick as a sweetener and they’d have had to be crazy not to take that deal. But Indy…. Eric: What is in the water down there? Because GM John Rees is drinking it. I would say he deserves a prize for making the most baffling trade of the summer and tanking the Fuel’s chances… except they are already the worst team in the league. Neil: I don’t wanna be that guy, but are you thinking what I’m thinking? Cassie: I feel like none of us want to be the first one to bring this up, so I’m just going to say it: The only way this trade makes any sense is if, for some reason, they think Wright is the piece they need to fix the team’s most glaring problem. Eric: That’s not fair. With Lundström gone, their defense is also a shambles. But sure, let’s talk about Nico Kirschbaum. Neil: Number one draft pick going into his final year of ELC, and Kirschbaum has failed to produce more than middling numbers. He should be close to a point-per-game player. Instead he’s got 79 points in 130 games. He has incredible flashes of brilliance and then… nothing. Very streaky. Cassie: In fairness, he did break his radius at the end of last year, so there’s no telling what numbers he might’ve put up healthy. Eric: The Fuel need Kirschbaum to step up. At this point, they have ...