REPORT: Luca Going to Baie-Comeau

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According to Willy Palov on Twitter, four year Halifax Mooseheads forward Luca Ciampini has been traded to the Baie-Comeau Drakkar by the Moose.

The trade won't be confirmed until May 30th when the summer trade period opens but should he be traded it leaves Halifax with most likely only one more cut having to be made in the coming months. Ciampini would be one of 6 twenty year olds on the Mooseheads roster going into next season. Teams in the Canadian Hockey League are only allowed to keep 3. The others are Philippe Gadoury, Mackenzie Weegar, Andrew Ryan, Jesse Lussier and Austyn Hardie. With the play that Weegar has been displaying the past few years hr is all but guaranteed to be signed by the NHL team that drafted him in the 7th round of the 2013 draft, the Florida Panthers, this summer and than assigned to their affiliate for the 2014-15 season.

Luca played four seasons with Halifax and has 166 points in 235 regular season games after being drafted second overall in the 2010 QMJHL by the Herd. He scored 59 goals and assisted on 107 others during is career. He had 26 points in 48 playoff games plus 143 total penalty minutes.