The Niagara IceDogs shook up their roster on the verge of training camp with a pair of trades Monday involving three teams, six players and up to 11 draft picks.

The IceDogs dealt defencemen Artem Frolov and Urban Podrekar, along with the rights to forward Hayden Reid and five draft picks, to the Flint Firebirds for defenceman Tristan Bertucci and three picks.

The IceDogs then shipped Bertucci to the Barrie Colts for rearguards Jack Brauti and Blair Scott and three draft picks — a second-round pick in 2026 (Barrie), a third-round pick in 2027 (Windsor) and a fourth-round pick in 2025 (Kingston).

The price for Bertucci wasn’t cheap as the IceDogs also had to deal five picks — a second-round pick in 2025 (Oshawa), a second-round pick in 2026 (Peterborough), a third-round pick 2026 (North Bay), a third-round pick in 2027 (Sudbury) and a third-round pick in 2027 (Owen Sound) to Flint.

The IceDogs received back from Flint an eighth-round pick in 2025 (Flint), a 14th-round pick in 2025 (Flint) and a conditional third-round pick in 2028 (Peterborough).

Brauti, 18, is a Thornhill native who had a strong season for the Colts in 2023/24 with nine goals and 21 points in 63 games which earned him an invite to the Toronto Maple Leafs development camp.

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