Greyhounds paid six picks to land the 6-foot-3 centre they believe can grow into the player scouts projected as an NHL first-rounder

Kyle Raftis wasn’t neccesarily big-game hunting. Article content

But when word spread that the Peterborough Petes were taking calls on 2026 NHL Draft prospect Colin Fitzgerald — the third-overall pick in the 2024 OHL Priority Selection — the Soo Greyhounds general manager didn’t sit on his hands. Article content Article content

“You’re always talking once you get into November,” Raftis told The Sault Star on Thursday morning. “I wasn’t predicting a player like this, but once I caught more wind that he might be available, we started pushing on it in the last couple weeks, and it came together pretty quickly.”

Sources told the Peterborough Examiner t

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