DUB Daily: Blades & Wild swing a trade, Giants sign Humeniuk, and more!

By Paul FiglerNetFront Sports Contributor

October 29, 20262 min read

Blades and Wild swap defensemen and picks

TRADE 🚨

We've acquired Wenatchee Wild captain Josh Fluker and two conditional @TheWHL Prospects Draft picks in exchange for 19-year-old defenceman Isaac Poll and a conditional pick 👇

📰 | https://t.co/ZHKYUzwTdD pic.twitter.com/53XQ4bHRw8
— Saskatoon Blades (@BladesHockey) October 28, 2026

Wednesday was ‘wild’ for Wenatchee and Saskatoon as the two teams hooked up to swap defensemen and draft picks.

Headed to Saskatoon is 2006-born Josh Fluker (9G, 32A in 176 games with Swift Current and Wenatchee from 2021-present), a conditional 2027 fourth-round WHL Prospects Draft pick that is originally from Brandon, and a conditional fourth-round pick from the 2030 draft. Fluker, who is from Boissevain, MB, has appeared in 10 games with the Wild this season.

Headed to Wenatchee is 2007-born Isaac Poll (4G, 8A in 103 games with Saskatoon from 2023-present) and a conditional 2030 fourth-round WHL Prospects Draft pick. Poll, who is from White City, SK, has one goal and one assist in eight games this season.

As of press time, the conditions on all of the draft picks were unknown.

Giants announce another signing

NEWS: The Giants are excited to announce the signing of 2007-born defenceman Sullivan Humeniuk!

Welcome Sully!

DETAILS 👉 https://t.co/sjiV4C66HN pic.twitter.com/CpsTq6UFGU
— Vancouver Giants (@WHLGiants) October 28, 2026

The Vancouver Giants announced that they have officially signed 2007-born defenseman Sullivan Humeniuk to a WHL Scholarship & Development Agreement. Humeniuk, from Victoria, BC, has played nine games for the Giants this season and earned one assist. Humeniuk spent the 2025-26 season with the Alberta Junior Hockey League’s Drumheller Dragons, scoring six goals and adding 29 assists in 51 regular-season games. He also scored one goal and added one assist in 10 playoff contests.

Vála on the move in Czechia

Do Hradce přichází Ondřej Vála z Českých Budějovic. Vítej, Vális! 🤝

Kompletní tiskovou zprávu naleznete na webu 📲: https://t.co/wpF1XJ0m9h pic.twitter.com/s2vvHqqzp6
— Mountfield HK (@MountfieldHK) October 28, 2026

28-year-old defenseman Ondřej Vála (21G, 53A in 191 games with Kamloops and Everett from 2015-18) has been traded to Mountfield HK by HC Motor České Budějovice in Czechia’s top professional league. Through 14 games this season with HC Motor České Budějovice, the Kolin, CZE product earned three assists. It was his second season with the team. The Blazers selected Vála 11th overall at the 2015 CHL Import Draft.

Liwiski joins Mariners

Verizon Call to Portland: The Mariners have signed forward Mark Liwiski!

Read more: https://t.co/WcgnjzbRLs pic.twitter.com/AulgzNJ4sX
— Maine Mariners (@MarinersOfMaine) October 28, 2026

Dauphin, MB product Mark Liwiski (52G, 44A in 204 games with Everett and Kelowna from 2017-22) has signed with the ECHL’s Maine Mariners for the 2026-27 season. The Mariners are the affiliates of the NHL’s Boston Bruins and the AHL’s Providence Bruins. The 25-year-old forward spent the 2025-26 season with the Iowa Wild, scoring four goals in 49 games. This will be his fifth season of professional hockey.

Around the DUB

(2) Brandon AT Prince Albert (4)

Brock Cripps, PA, 2A

(0) Seattle AT Swift Current (3)

Cal Conway, SC, 34 save shutout

(2) Medicine Hat AT Wenatchee (7)

Levi Benson, WEN, 2G, 1A

(1) Vancouver AT Portland (3)

Jordan Duguay, POR, 1G, 1A, PPG, GWG at 5:39 of the first period

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Paul Figler

NetFront Sports Contributor