BY: Rory Boylen

As a 16-year-old rookie in the Ontario League two years ago, Christian Thomas found himself involved in one of the circuit’s biggest trades ever when he was shipped from London to Oshawa along with two other players and a bunch of draft picks for John Tavares and Michael Del Zotto.

“Leaving my billet family and all my friends I made in London, that was probably the hardest part, but coming to Oshawa I got to play on the power play, penalty kill; I got a lot more opportunities, which really helped out my game,” Thomas said.


http://www.thehockeynews.com/article...daily_20101224