Baecker Still A Thunderbird, Atleast For Now:

After listening to Mark Ferners pre-game comments on the Vipers-Millionaires brodcast this evening, it sounded like Gus Correale was looking for more icetime, so Mark Ferner found him a place (Grande Prairie) to play. Mark figures Gus will get a regular shift with a young Storm hockey club and have a chance at being a top six forward. Mark Ferner said it dosnt look like the Vipers will see defenceman, Austin Baecker anytime soon but thinks maybe he will be a Viper later on in the season. If Baecker dosnt report to Vernon, this means the Vipers will be short a forward.

Why would Mark Ferner make a trade for a player if he wasnt sure if the player would report-play here? There was also future considerations in the deal, so if Baecker dosnt report to Vernon maybe the Storm will have to give up somebody in return for next season? Kinda like what the Vipers had to do with Darrin Robak and the Cowichan Valley Capitals this summer.

It dosnt look like Baecker will be leaving Seattle anytime soon. On October, 20th the Thunderbirds traded defenseman Ryan Aasman to the Swift Current Broncos for a conditional 5th round selection in the 2012 Bantam Draft. Seattle GM Russ Farwell said on the teams website that the Thunderbirds had nine defensemen and needed to reduce their roster. Seattle is now left with eight defenceman (Austin Baecker (92), Travis Bobbee (90), Erik Bonsor (91), Brenden Dillon (90), Erik Fleming (92), Austin Frank (93), Scott Ramsay (91) & Dave Sutter (92).