Summer 2019 Season

Draft Trades

June 9th: Trade

The draft was barely completed before this deal went down, some suspect that peer (and more importantly family) pressure resulted in this transaction happening.

The specifics of the trade are as follows:

Ihsan gets: Abraar Gangat and Saajid Bhayat

Yaqeen gets: Ahmad Ibrahim and Rizwan Malik

Reports indicate that Yaqeen GM Mohammad Hamoud was cornered on this deal as he acquired his brother-in-law Ahmad Ibrahim and Rizwan Malik but paid a high price in sending Abraar Gangat and Saajid Bhayat the other way.  Ibrahim and Malik are both solid physical veteran forwards which is good but losing Bhayat who can play both forward and defence hurts along with a young forward in Gangat.

June 12th: Injury Replacement

Yasser Habib has been forced to withdraw from the Summer Season due to injury, Sabr nominated Mehmed Rizvanovic as his replacement.  Rizvanovic cleared waivers and will join Sabr for their Week One Game.

June 24th: Injury Replacement

Zahid Hussain from Sabr has been forced to withdraw from the Summer Season; Sabr nominated Shan Malik as a replacement.  Ihsan put in a waiver claim for Shan Malik and offered their 8th Round pick Abdul-Jalil Shaikh as compensation as he was selected in the same round as Hussain.  

Sabr had the choice to accept Skaikh as compensation or select another player from Ihsan's Roster drafted in the 9th Round or beyond and they elected to take Syed Talha Iftikhar who was drafted in the 13th Round as compensation.  Shan Malik now joins Ihsan and Syed Talha Iftikhar moves Sabr with both players eligible for Week Three.

June 26th: Injury Replacement

Abdu Sharkawy from Yaqeen has been forced to withdraw from the Summer Season due to injury.  Yaqeen has nominated Mudassir Hussain as the replacement.  Any team choosing to put in a claim would need to send their 6th Round pick as compensation.  No team elected to put in a claim and Hussain will join Yaqeen for their Week Three game.

July 10th: Injury Replacement

Naiem Malik from Haya has dropped out due to personal reasons and Haya nominated Luqman Arshad as the replacement.  Yaqeen put in a waiver claim for Luqman Arshad and offered Rizwan Malik as compensation, which Haya accepted.

Rizwan Malik joins Haya and Luqman Arshad joins Yaqeen for this week's games.  Both teams gain something here, Haya was down a key defensemen in Naiem Malik so picking up a gritty veteran forward like Rizwan Malik gives them something.  Yaqeen is in last and while their defence core gets a big boost by adding Arshad they lose a leader for their forwards as it cost them Malik.  

July 30th: Injury Replacement

Munaf Nathalia from Ihsan has dropped out due to injury and Ihsan nominated Ejaz Malik as the replacement.  No team put in a claim so Malik clears waivers and will join Ihsan for their August 2nd game.

A blow for Ihsan to love veteran defensemen Nathalia but they get another solid veteran in Malik who has played both forward and defence in I-Slam in the past so a comparable replacement for Ihsan to work with.

July 31st: Injury Replacement

Faraaz Alvi from Ihsan has dropped out due to injury and Ihsan initially nominated Ahmad Khawaja as the replacement and he cleared waivers.  However after clearing waivers he indicated that he was hit in the face during Salaam Cup and saw a doctor after clearing waivers and was advised that his nose was broken and he should not play for a bit.  The resulted in the Waiver process having to begin again with Ihsan nominating Farooq Sani as the replacement.  Haya put in a claim for Sani and Ihsan selected Ibrahim Hindy as compensation.

Alvi was playing well for Ihsan so a loss there but picking up Hindy in the process should be a big boost as his presence as a leader should help this team and as a solid two-way centre he will be able to open things up for Ihsan's talented forwards.  Haya will benefit from the speed Sani brings and he is a competent two-way forward but the leadership void left by Hindy will be something that Haya will struggle to cover.