What It Might Cost Every Team To Acquire Trevor Zegras PLEASE READ DESCRIPTION

Team: 2023-24 Anaheim Ducks

Initial Creation Date: Jan. 9, 2024

Published: Jan. 11, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

With all of the rumors swirling around Trevor Zegras, I think we need to understand exactly what he would cost for teams to make a trade for him. My best guess based off of a combination of his skill level, his notoriety around the league, and how much better he can get in the future is that the minimum he goes for is a young roster player (age 25 or younger I’d say), a top prospect (age 23 or younger and/or either hasn’t played an NHL game or has played in about 10 or less NHL games), a 1st round pick, and a 2nd round pick. The picks could probably be either for 2024 or 2025, but I don’t think the Ducks will accept protected picks unless another mid round pick or mid level prospect is thrown in, so in order to not make things confusing I’m not gonna protect any picks. However, for teams with potentially higher picks, I will have the Ducks take back a bad contract as that would also probably have to be the case if the 1st being acquired has more value than Zegras. Also, if a team doesn’t have either a 1st or a 2nd for either 2024 or 2025 or doesn’t have both, then I will replace them with either the necessary amount of lower round picks to compensate or another prospect with a profile high enough to compensate. I will also not be retaining any salary as I don’t believe that would happen from any side in any Zegras trade scenario. This is obviously just meant to be speculative and for fun, so please keep it civil in the comments.

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