The curious case of the third-round pick

In an early-look at the the 2015 QMJHL Draft Order, the Charlottetown Islanders seem to be without a third-round pick.

The 40th overall pick is currently owned by the Acadie-Bathurst Titan. The list shows the pick being originally owned by the Chicoutimi Sagueneens then to the Charlottetown Islanders, back to Chicoutimi then to Acadie-Bathurst.

Here is the full list of the third round for the 2015 QMJHL Draft.

This is where things get weird.

On Aug. 16, 2013, the Islanders traded overage forward Victor Provencher to the Chicoutimi Sagueneens for Blainville-Boisbriand’s second-round pick in 2014 and Chicoutimi’s third-round pick in 2015.

Fast forward 16 months to the 2014-15 season trading period and on Dec. 19, 2014, the Titan traded Anthony Gingras to Chicoutimi for a 10th-round pick in 2015 as well as a third-round pick in 2015.

How did Chicoutimi have two of their own third-round picks for 2015, considering the pick was never traded back to them from Charlottetown?

As I mentioned above, the pick changed hands from Chicoutimi to Charlottetown, back to Chicoutimi then to Acadie-Bathurst. Here is a look at both trades, screen captioned from the QMJHL trades section and quickly edited.


Trade between Charlottetown and Chicouitmi.

 Trade between Charlottetown and Acadie-Bathurst

Checking the QMJHL trades section from the 2013 pre-season and onward, there is no record of Charlottetown ever trading the 2015 third-round pick they received from Chicoutimi back to them.
So, what happened?

Was it an oversight by the QMJHL when Chicoutimi and Acadie-Bathurst made the trade this season?

Was there compensation from the Islanders back to the Sagueneens that was never announced by either parties or the league? Why would something like this happen?

Did Chicoutimi have two of their own third-round picks? Highly unlikely.

Questions 1 and 2 are both logical reasonings behind this mystery pick. Also makes one wonder why both of those scenarios would happen.

If the Islanders in-fact don’t have the third-round pick, they select won’t select a player again until the 64th overall pick in the fourth round after they select fifth overall in the first round.
We will find out on June 6, 2015 at the 2015 QMJHL Entry Draft in Sherbrooke, Que.