Locked down in a draft-week war room for a couple of days, Lewiston Maineiacs’ GM Roger Shannon had either a cell or land-line phone glued to his ear for most of the day.

Maineiacs’ principal owner Mark Just was there with him, along with the team’s hockey operations staff.

And they were busy.

In one of the busiest pre-draft trade days in the franchise’s seven years in Lewiston, the Maineiacs officially completed seven deals Friday, some of them major and some of them relatively minor.

“There were a few, but there weren’t all that many that involved players, really,” Maineiacs’ GM Roger Shannon said. “A lot of what happened today was only cosmetic, and finishing off other deals.”

Still, some of the announced trades did involve players.

The biggest deal of the day completed the back end of the trade last January that sent Eric Gelinas to Cape Breton, and ultimately to Chicoutimi, and was the worst-kept secret of the spring. Lewiston acquired all-star 19-year-old goaltender Olivier Roy from the Screaming Eagles, along with a third-rounder in 2010 (No. 50 overall), and sent to Cape Breton a second in 2010 (No. 36) and a third in 2010 (No. 39).

Lewiston fans got their first real taste of Roy in 2008. That year, the then-16-year-old goaltending sensation out-dueled Jonathan Bernier in the first round of the playoffs to send the Maineiacs home in six games. Since then, Roy has been between the pipes for the Screaming Eagles. Last season, he posted a 2.62 goals-against average and a .908 save percentage as Cape Breton bowed out of the playoffs in the first round, losing to eventual league champ Moncton.

In three years in the league, Roy’s GAA has declined steadily, from 2.87 as a 16-year-old in 2007-08, to 2.80 in 08-09, to 2.62 last season. He has been invited to Team Canada’s goaltending camp this summer for the World Junior Championships, and will also likely spend some time early in the season at camp with the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers, who drafted him last June.

Three other deals that had been rumored also came to fruition, and everyone learned Friday the details of those transactions.

Billy Lacasse, the team’s captain last season and third-leading scorer, ended up in Chicoutimi for a third-rounder in 2010 and a fifth-rounder in 2011.

“We felt it was important to give the leadership roles to some of our younger players, to grow them within the organization,” Shannon said. “Going forward, we identified that, and we were pretty much unanimous on that move.”

Jean-Francois Plante went the way of Shawinigan, and in return the Cataractes sent Lewiston forward Antoine Houde-Caron and a fourth-rounder in 2010 (No. 63).

And the Maineiacs also sent to Acadie-Bathurst a third-rounder in 2010 and a fifth-rounder in 2010 for defenseman Olivier Dame-Malka.

Houde-Caron will come to the Maineiacs and likely slot in on either the second or third line. As a 19-year-old last year with Shawinigan, the 5-foot, 11-inch Houde-Caron scored 20 goals and added 11 assists for 31 points in in 65 games.

“We’ve always liked him, he was a shutdown guy for Shawinigan,” Shannon said. “He plays against other teams’ best players all the time and with the kind of talent we have, I don’t want to have to use our top-end guys in that role, so we added that component to the team. At the same time, we’re going to give J.F. Plante a new start.”

Dame-Malka, who will be looked upon to solidify the Maineiacs’ back end, was third among defensemen in points for the Titan in 2009-10, recording nine goals and 21 assists for 30 points in 64 games. Dame-Malka also registered 108 penalty minutes in those games, and is expected to be a strong force along the blue line this season.

“He’s a warrior,” Shannon said. “He started a UFC training program this summer, that’s the kind of player he is, and we need that kind of player on the blue line. He’s a good defenseman. Truthfully, he’s a very similar defenseman to Matt Boyle, almost identical.”

The trade with the Titan wasn’t the move with the Titan many had expected. It has been no secret that the Acadian squad has coveted Roy for some time, and they made a hard pitch to get him. But, Shannon said, the pitch wasn’t strong enough.

“We’ve entertained some offers, and we can’t just sit there and not listen,” Shannon reiterated. “Some of these moves are all about setting this team up.”

That said, there may be something afoot for Saturday. Teams are again allowed to trade when it is their turn to select in the annual draft, which begins at 10 a.m.

“One way or another, we will have a very good goaltender in Lewiston next year,” Shannon said. “One way or the other, if it’s not Olivier Roy, it will be another very good goalie.”

Other moves on Friday by the Maineiacs included a swap of fifth-rounders with Saint John that Shannon said “could be setting something else up,” a swap of picks with Chicoutimi to complete the Matthew Bissonette deal, and a swap of picks with Montreal to in effect wipe out the failed deal for Samuel Grenache.

The one big thing on the team’s wish list for Saturday is a first-round pick.

“I think we’ll probably do something,” Shannon said. “We’d really like to have a first-round pick, and so we’re working hard at getting one.”