Niagara sent a crazy number of draft picks to Kingston in OHL trade Tuesday

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Over the years, we've seen some massive trades go down in the CHL involving future NHL stars and LOTS of draft picks. On Tuesday, a deal went down in the OHL and it instantly joined the list along with some of those massive deals we've seen over the years.

TRADE ALERT: Help us welcome @ianmarrtin and @billyc0068 to #ygk https://t.co/XzXyqqJzjX pic.twitter.com/1RejVAf5y9
— Kingston Frontenacs (@KingstonFronts) November 20, 2018

Kingston traded its leading scorer, Stars prospect Jason Robertson, and Jacob Paquette for two players and, wait for it, 11 DRAFT PICKS.

The full #OHL Trade:
To Niagara: Robertson, Paquette
To Kingston: Constantinou, Martin,
SAR 2nd '19, WSR 7th '19,
WSR 3rd '20, NIA 13th '20,
PBO 2nd '21, NIA 5th '21, NIA 11th '21,
NIA 2nd '22, KIT 3rd '22,
NIA 2nd '23,
LDN 3rd '24,
— Terry Doyle (@Terry_Doyle) November 20, 2018

I would say today's Niagara-Kingston #OHL trade is the first time we've seen the new cap on how far out you can trade picks come into play. 2024 is the current limit.
— Terry Doyle (@Terry_Doyle) November 20, 2018

You're eyes are not deceiving you. The IceDogs traded 11 draft picks to Kingston along with two of their own players in exchange for Robertson and Pacquette.

PIC

Usually with these big trades, draft picks are going both ways and when that happens, the total number of picks exchanged can get to double digits. 11 picks going to one team is insane, though!

London better start looking for the best current 9 year old they are gonna draft with that 3rd rounder in 2024
— Jake (@goaltending3131) November 20, 2018

WHAT???? Nothing in the '25 draft - what the hell is Kingston thinking???
— Russ Donnelly (@russd27) November 20, 2018

Junior hockey trades are crazy
— Philip Loudface (@mister_loudface) November 20, 2018

Junior trades are crazy, but this might be one of the craziest you'll ever see. With all of those picks, we'd like to think Kingston's rebuild will be a little faster now than it would have been before the trade.

(H/T: /r/hockey)