There was another blockbuster trade at the QMJHL Entry Draft on Saturday, and though the Lewiston Maineiacs didn’t have any players involved in the deal, the team used it as an opportunity to get what it wanted.

The Montreal Junior acquired superstar Angelo Esposito from the Quebec Remparts as part of a four-team deal that also sent Montreal sniper Jean-Simon Allard to the Remparts.

The Maineiacs, meanwhile, snuck into the deal, traded their 10th overall pick, a third-rounder this year and a fifth-rounder next year to move into the sixth overall position Saturday. With that pick, Lewiston selected defenseman Garrett Clarke.

“With everything going on here, obviously I have to be out circulating, to see what other teams are doing,” Lewiston GM and Head Coach Ed Harding said. “We were worried that other teams might be interested before we picked at No. 9.”

Clarke is listed at 5 feet, 11 inches tall and 175 pounds. A New Brunswick native, Clarke played his 15-year-old season at hockey factory Shattuck-St. Mary’s in Minnesota, and last year for Russell Stover hockey in Kansas City.

“It’s a great feeling,” Clarke said. “I was getting nervous leading up to the draft that another team might draft me, but when I saw Lewiston move up, I was pretty happy.”

Harding said Saturday that Clarke is “the total package” for a defenseman.

“He has all kinds of potential,” Harding said. “If he uses his head and is smart and wants to learn, he has the potential to be an excellent hockey player.”

There was some concern before the draft of Clarke’s future intentions. The young defenseman had already committed to the University of North Dakota. But Harding insists he’s coming to Lewiston in August.

“I’m 100 percent certain,” Harding said. “That’s not a concern for us, and that’s why we drafted him.”

“I was actually considering going to North Dakota,” Clarke said, “but I took a look at the O again and realized I think the Q is the way to go. I was a little worried I might not still be there for Lewiston at No. 9, but then when they made that trade, I was really happy.”

Clarke became Lewiston’s seventh first-round pick in six years, and got to watch as the Maineiacs picked their eighth and ninth first-rounders moments later.

With the ninth overall selection, the Maineiacs grabbed a familiar face: Michael Chaput, younger brother of Lewiston skater Stefan Chaput.

“We just love the family,” Harding said. “After we got the chance to see him play this year, there was no doubt in our minds. He’s a tremendous two-way centerman and an excellent skater.”

Chaput isn’t worried about following in his brother’s shadow.

“Oh, I’ll be better than Stefan, no question,” Michael said laughing. “No, I’m not worried about filling his shoes at all.”

At No. 14 overall, the Maineiacs went off the board a little bit, selecting winger Etienne Brodeur, a 17-year-old targeted by Lewiston last year.

“This kid will go through a wall for our organization,” Harding said. “I think the fans are really going to like the energy and intensity he brings. We actually wanted him last year, but weren’t able to get him, and no one else took him, either. He might be the best skater of all of (the first round picks).”

“It gave me motivation,” Brodeur said in his native French. “I used not being picked as motivation to work harder and be ready for this year’s draft.”

Brodeur, a smallish, 17-year-old forward at 5 feet, 8 inches, packs a wallop at 175 pounds.

“My game, I think I play with intensity and speed,” Brodeur said. “

It was rare, Harding and team President and Governor Matt McKnight said, that the first round went “exactly as scripted.”

“Through all of the meetings, those are the three guys we wanted,” McKnight said. “When it all comes together like that, it’s a great feeling.”