Victor Mete
Victor Mete
The Owen Sound Attack took Victor Mete 8th overall in the 2014 OHL priority Selection. Mete was a coveted reargaurd who was named to the NHLPA mentorship program after his bantam season. He helped lead the Toronto Jr Canadians to a GTHL title and a 2nd place finish at the OHL cup.
He declined to commit to the Owen Sound Attack stating that he wanted to play for a team where he could continue his private school education and a city that had a university. After refusing to budge on this his rights were moved to the London Knights for a host of draft picks.
While in London Mete would go on to have a stellar career. He would pick up 105 points in 176 games over 3 seasons. He would suit up in 42 playoff games and help lead London to the OHL and Memorial Cup titles. His game progressed so much that he would play in the NHL as a 19 year old thus giving London only 3 years of service.
It could be argued that in Mete's final season in the OHL he was the leagues best defenceman. Ultimately the Max Kaminsky award went to Darren Raddysh after his great offensive year but if you had to choose between either defenceman most would likely go with Mete.
Compensatory Draft Pick
With the 9th pick in the 2015 OHL priority selection the Owen Sound Attack went to the blueline again taking Markus Phillips.
Phillips has been a very good OHL defenceman picking up 94 points in 197 games. Phillips would also go on to captain his U17 team and was named to team canada's U18 team as an underaged player. The Attack made it to a western conference finals with him and helped push the Greyhounds to 7 games this past season even though the Attack were somewhat lacking between the pipes. In total he has 33 games of playoff experience over his 3 years in the OHL.
Phillips still has another year of eligibility on what should be a good Owen Sound team, especially with Guzda another year older. He should have another impact season for the Attack and anchor their blueline again.
Trade Compensation
In return for Mete the Owen Sound Attack picked up 6 draft picks from London. 3 2nds (Miss '17, Ldn '18, Ldn '19) 2 3rds (Ldn '15, Ldn '16) and a conditional 6th in 2017 that would have become a 3rd if Mete was drafted in the first 2 rounds of the NHL draft. He was taken in round 4 so the conditions were not met.
The Mississauga 2nd in 2017 was eventually sent back to the London Knights for the OA season of Josh Sterk. Sterk brought 4 years of OHL experience to a young Attack team in 2015-16. He would go on to score 9 goals and add 33 assists in 64 games that season for the Attack before adding 4 goals in 5 playoff games that year.
The London 2nd in 2018 was eventually used by Hamilton who got the pick from Sudbury in the Candella trade who got the pick from Owen Sound in the Bowman and Lyszczcarczyk trade. Bowman would suit up in 15 games for Owen Sound and have his worst statistical season. Lyszczarczyk who should be back this year as an OA chipped in with 21 goals and 41 points for the Attack last year but was stellar in the playoffs with 13 points in 11 games.
With the 3rd in 2015 the Attack selected netminder Riley Daniels. Daniels has only suited up in 11 games over 2 years for the Attack and has mostly been playing in the GOJHL.
The 3rd in 2016 eventually made its way back to London. The Knights acquired it from Flint and I couldnt find out how Flint got ahold of the pick.
As for the 2nd in 2019 the Attack still have that and outside of their 1st it is their only draft pick remaining in the first 4 rounds of that draft.
In the end London got a key player who would help them win a memorial cup title. In fact they are the only team to win an OHL title after acquiring a "defected 1st round pick" Twice with Domi and once with Mete.
The Owen Sound Attack picked up a defender who has brought comparable value to the franchise while acquring a nice cache of assets that they used to augment their roster. They still have a 2nd round pick they have yet to use which should help this team in the coming years as they already have some nice pieces that should keep them competitive.
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