Fans of the Halifax Mooseheads who turned out Friday night to see who the team selected with the third overall pick of the QMJHL draft went home empty-handed.

That's because the team traded away the pick, along with two current players and a second-round draft pick next year, for high-scoring forward Mateo Nobert of the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada.

"I think bringing in Nobert, one of the top 19-year-old centres in the league, really gives us a chance to be competitive," said Mooseheads general m…