Saskatoon Blades trade 5th-year sniper Lisowsky to Victoria for Scott, draft picks – Saskatoon [Video]

Ever since being drafted ninth overall by the Saskatoon Blades in 2019, Brandon Lisowsky has done nothing but score big goals for the team.

That era has now come to an end, however, with Blades president and general manager Colin Priestner pulling the trigger on a trade sending Lisowsky to the west coast despite Saskatoon sitting first place in the East Division.

“This is obviously a bizarre situation to be trading off an all-time great Blade while you’re in first,” said Priestner.

“I get it, it’s weird. It’s not fun, I did not want to do this.”

Lisowsky and a 2028 fifth-round pick are heading to the Victoria Royals in exchange for fellow overage forward Tanner Scott, a second-round pick in 2025 and a second-round pick in 2028.

Even though it’s been a hot start over the first half of the season for the 20-11-2-2 Blades, Priestner said it was a move which had to be done.

“We …