Saginaw deals Comrie to Guelph for Shalla

The Saginaw Spirit completed a trade with the Guelph Storm today, acquiring forward Josh Shalla, three picks – a second-, third- and fourth-round - in the 2010 OHL Priority Selection, a conditional eighth-round pick in the 2011 draft and the Storm’s first-round pick in the upcoming 2009 CHL Import Draft for defenseman Adam Comrie, the rights to goalie prospect Matt Hoyle and Saginaw’s second-round pick in the Import Draft.

Shalla comes to Saginaw to start his third season in the OHL. He was selected by the Brampton Battalion in the fourth round of the 2007 draft.

The Whitby, Ont., native was then traded to the Storm in the middle of last season, accumulating three goals and two assists in 24 games and tallied a combined 14 goals and six assists during the 2008-2009 regular season.