Spitfires Trade Import Beksultan Makysh To Firebirds For Overager Josh Colosimo, Picks

The Flint Firebirds have acquired import forward Beksultan Makysh from the Windsor Spitfires in exchange for overage centre Josh Colosimo and three draft picks.

Those picks are a 2030 third-rounder (FLNT), 2030 fifth (NIAG) and 2027 ninth (FLNT).

Makysh, 18, is in his second OHL season since being made Windsor's second-round pick in the 2025 import draft. After a 14-goal, 39-point campaign in 68 games last season, the Astana, Kazakhstan native has scored five goals and two assists in 16 games in 2026-27.

He's also committed to join the NCAA's University of Maine following his OHL career, currently committed for next season. It's still possible that gets pushed back, given he has one more year of junior eligibility, but there's no immediate decision on that yet.

Makysh will join Martins Klaucans and Anton Stackow as the third import on Flint's team.

Colosimo, 20, is recovering from a lower-body injury that's kept him off the ice all of this season so far. A ninth-round pick in the 2022 OHL draft by Sudbury, he was traded to Flint in 2024 and made his OHL debut with the Firebirds in 2024-25.

Last season, the 6-foot-2 centre scored 11 (4+7) points in 58 games for the Firebirds in a depth, checking role. He'll fill the third overage spot on Windsor alongside Anthony Cristoforo and Conor Walton.

What is most interesting about this trade could be what it opens up. The Spitfires opened an import spot with this deal, which they have used to acquire the massive Alexander Karmanov from North Bay.

Flint, meanwhile, now have an open overage spot, which they could use to acquire a competitive player as their strong season continues.

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