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With clubs looking to add talent, stockpile draft picks, and prepare for the future, this tracker will keep you up to date on every trade completed around the league. The OHL trade window remains open through June 11 at 3:00 p.m. ahead of the 2026 OHL Priority Selection.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Last Updated: June 2nd 2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>June 2<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/article\/spirit-acquire-first-round-chl-import-draft-pick-from-battalion\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spirit acquire first-round CHL Import Draft pick from Battalion<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Saginaw Spirt receives\n<ul>\n<li>NB Import 1st &#8211; 2026<\/li>\n<li>OS 2nd &#8211; 2029<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>North Bay receives\n<ul>\n<li>SAG Import 3rd &#8211; 2026<\/li>\n<li>FLNT 2nd &#8211; 2026<\/li>\n<li>SAG 5th &#8211; 2029<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 OHL Priority Selection presented by Real Canadian Superstore will be held June 12-13 at Slush Puppie Place in Kingston, marking the first in-person OHL Priority Selection since 2000. 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All invitees are listed in NHL Central Scouting&#8217;s final rankings of North American and International skaters and goaltenders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Among the OHL invitees are several of the top-ranked prospects for the 2026 NHL Draft, including Chase Reid (Soo Greyhounds), Caleb Malhotra (Brantford Bulldogs), Nikita Klepov (Saginaw Spirit), and Ethan Belchetz (Windsor Spitfires), all of whom ranked inside the top 10 among North American skaters in NHL Central Scouting&#8217;s final rankings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Toronto Maple Leafs hold the first overall selection in the 2026 NHL Draft after winning the NHL Draft Lottery on May 5. The San Jose Sharks own the second pick, while the Vancouver Canucks will select third overall.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>OHL Players Invited to the 2026 NHL Scouting Combine:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alessandro Di Iorio (Sarnia Sting)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Adam Nemec (Sudbury Wolves)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Adam Novotny (Peterborough Petes)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alexander Bilecki (Kitchener Rangers)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Beckham Edwards (Sarnia Sting)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brooks Rogowski (Oshawa Generals)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Caleb Malhotra (Brantford Bulldogs)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chase Reid (Soo Greyhounds)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cole Zurawski (Owen Sound Attack)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Colin Fitzgerald 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Graduating Class: Oshawa Generals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After back-to-back appearances in the Ontario Hockey League Championship Series, the Oshawa Generals entered the 2025-26 season facing a new challenge. With several key veterans from those championship-calibre teams having moved on, the club embraced a younger roster and began the process of retooling for the future. While the Generals ultimately fell short of a postseason berth, the season provided valuable opportunities for the next generation of players to take on larger roles and gain important experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now, the Generals prepare to say goodbye to members of their graduating class as Lucas Moore, Matthew Wang, and Luke Posthumus move on from the OHL.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><b>Lucas Moore (Oshawa Generals, Brantford\/Hamilton Bulldogs \u2013 2021-26)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Acquired from the Brantford Bulldogs in a major trade in October, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/players\/8433\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lucas Moore<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> spent the majority of his OHL career with the Bulldogs organization. Between Brantford and Oshawa, he recorded a career-high 33 points (11-22\u201333) during his overage season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The right-shot blueliner concludes his OHL career with 118 points (26-92\u2013118) across 299 regular-season games. Originally selected by Hamilton in the fourth round (66th overall) of the 2021 OHL Priority Selection, Moore is committed to Niagara University for next season.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LUCAS MOORE ARE YOU SERIOUS\ud83d\ude31<\/p>\n<p>He steals it before going between-the-legs to bury the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Oshawa_Generals?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Oshawa_Generals<\/a> overtime winner! (defenceman btw)<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FloHockey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FloHockey<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CHLHockey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CHLHockey<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lz8u7iaoED\">pic.twitter.com\/Lz8u7iaoED<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ontario Hockey League (@OHLHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OHLHockey\/status\/2026848233322905719?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><b>Matthew Wang (Oshawa Generals, Flint Firebirds \u2013 2023-26)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Acquired from the Flint Firebirds at the January trade deadline, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/players\/8481\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Matthew Wang<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> recorded 10 points (5-5\u201310) in 32 regular-season games between the two clubs during his overage season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The London, Ont., native wraps up his OHL career with 49 points (24-25\u201349) across 161 regular-season games. Originally selected by Flint in the seventh round (126th overall) of the 2021 OHL Priority Selection, Wang is committed to Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) for next season.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Matthew Wang nets his first goal as a General to open the scoring\ud83e\udee1<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Oshawa_Generals?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Oshawa_Generals<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/OHL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OHL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bevk6IRxB9\">pic.twitter.com\/bevk6IRxB9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ontario Hockey League (@OHLHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OHLHockey\/status\/2031878810434441363?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><b>Luke Posthumus (Oshawa Generals \u2013 2025-26)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spending his lone OHL season as an overager, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/players\/9423\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Luke Posthumus<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> recorded 57 points (23-34\u201357) in 67 regular-season games. Prior to arriving in Oshawa, Posthumus spent time in the USHL with the Tri-City Storm and in the BCHL with the Penticton Vees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Originally selected by the Generals in the seventh round (121st overall) of the 2021 OHL Priority Selection, he signed with the club ahead of the 2025-26 season. Posthumus is committed to St. Lawrence University for next season.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LUKE POSTHUMUS SHORTY\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Oshawa_Generals?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Oshawa_Generals<\/a> score on the five minute PK to get within a goal! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AHzMVkgWLs\">pic.twitter.com\/AHzMVkgWLs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ontario Hockey League (@OHLHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OHLHockey\/status\/2015187171741679675?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><b>2006-born players:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">* denotes players who are committed to the NCAA for next season<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Currently, the Oshawa Generals boast seven 2006-born players in Ben Cormier, Charlie Hilton, Tyler O&#8217;Toole, Jaden Cholette, Harrison Franssen*, Porter Byrd-Leitner*, and Onni Kalto*. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A look at the Oshawa Generals&#8217; 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The 34-year-old was selected by the San Jose Sharks in the fifth round (129th overall) of the 2010 NHL Draft. He played 75 NHL regular-season games with San Jose, Colorado, Calgary, and Arizona. Following his retirement, Hamilton earned his MBA from Yale University before gaining experience in private equity with Bolt Ventures. Hamilton spent four seasons with the Niagara IceDogs, playing in 258 regular-season games that saw him compile 252 points (108-144\u2013252) from 2008 to 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to add Freddie to our hockey operations department,\u201d said Maple Leafs General Manager John Chayka. \u201cThroughout his playing career, Freddie distinguished himself through his character, professionalism, and work ethic. Since retiring, he has built an impressive career in business and finance, gaining valuable experience across investing, strategy and organizational leadership. 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