Hughes is on fire

I get the idea of 1st round picks, but look what Boston did a few years back with their three. I think you're better off asking for prospects. At least you know what you're getting and you can see how they've progressed.

Hughes may be on fire, but the non Hab GMs are awake and sober and don't make those trades.

No way would the Oilers even entertain this trade.

I think the idea that Petry plus a cap dump gets you the fifth overall pick in this year's draft because van Riemsdyk is a bigger cap dump is over-reaching, especially in light of the retention.

That's probably the right value for the San Jose trade, but I think that the Sharks are in a position to prefer quality to quantity. That might be a deal which would appeal to a team like Arizona that needs everything, but San Jose would probably have a specific player in mind at #11.

San Jose declines. We have EK65, Burns, and R. Merkley so we don’t need to spend more on good RD.