It was reported earlier today that the Czech Republic native will not be going to the Charlottetown Islanders and will remain with the Gatineau Olympiques.
As compensation, the Islanders and Olympiques have swapped first-round picks. The Islanders receive Gatineau's seventh overall pick and Gatineau receives Charlottetown's 12th overall pick.
JF Plante tweeted the news earlier today.
Breaking. Vaclav Karabacek reste avec #olympiques. Gatineau flip son choix #7 de la 1re ronde pour le choix #12 de PEI 1re ronde. #ledroit
— jf plante (@jfplante_Droit) May 29, 2014
It was rumored the Islanders would receive Karabacek as compensation at the draft to complete a trade back on Jan. 7, 2013 which saw 17-year-old forward Alexis Pepin head to Gatineau for forward Curtis Scales and first-round picks in 2014 and 2015. The first-round pick in 2015 would be returned to Gatineau for Karabacek.
Several weeks ago, Plante reported a story of Gatineau General Manager Benoit Groulx not wanting to part ways with the 17-year-old European Import. A french article of the story can be read here. English readers can use Google Translate.
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