Knights acquire Domi in trade with Kingston

The Kingston Frontenancs have traded their first round pick – eighth overall – in the 2011 OHL Priority Selection, Max Domi, to the London Knights in return for draft picks.

According to Terry Doyle at www.loosepucks.com, the choices going the other way are “Guelph’s second in 2012, Erie’s second in 2012 and London’s second in 2015. Kingston is also scheduled to receive the ninth overall pick in the 2012 OHL Priority Selection.”

Max scored 27 goals and 57 points in 30 games for the Don Mills Flyers minor midget team last season.  He is the son of former NHL enforcer Tie Domi, who lead the world to believe that Max was headed the college route (minus a few on the inside track that really knew what he was doing all along).

It will be interesting to see how he and ninth overall pick Bo Horvat fit into the lineup this year.  Both tore up the AAA minor midget league last season, but with some veterans still lingering in London, expect that these two will see third and/or fourth line ice.  They should get looks on the second power play unit as well.

Either way, this sets up the Knights to become one of the power houses of the league in the next two years, providing both Domi and Horvat pan out as top end OHL’ers.