Spezza probably hold more value than Gudbranson, and Honka more value than Lind because NHL exp.

No. Rather have Honka over Lind, and much more rather have only one year of Spezza's bad contract than 3 years of Gudbranson's bad contract.

Can you think of any examples where a player, having just been resigned, is traded that offseason? I am not trying to sound sarcastic, I am genuinely looking for an example. A lot of Pens fans seem adamant on trading Patrick Hornquist, but, like Gudbranson, he was re-signed during the latter half of this season.

A huge cap dump and a bust of a prospect for Lind who will actually be great and gudbranson who is millions cheaper than spezza....how lopsided in Dallas' favour. And MDZ would get way more than a 6th. AHLers get 6th. Starting players get 1st-3rd round picks maybe sometimes a 4th if they're scratched a lot which MDZ isn't, if anything he's important as he plays on both special units.

Personally as a Stars fan, I disagree. Spezza has 1 yr left on his contract and will (if not traded) be bought out for two years at $2.5M, while Gudbranson has three years at $4M (in short, Gud costs more). Dallas also wouldn't have any interest in getting another D has we have some good prospects waiting to play, including but not limited to Bayreuther, Hansson, Heiskanen, Heatherington, and ... Honka. Speaking of which I would have Honka over Lind any day. Honka has NHL experience, and has a place in our top 4. Lind, although has put up impressive numbers in the WHL, has no AHL experience let alone NHL experience (six games isn't enough for me). This would mean that since Spezza > Gudbranson and Honka > Lind that Vancouver is the one with the lopsided end.

Thanks for the feedback. This was more of a personal "wishful thinking" type trade than anything else. I highly doubt anyone will be taking Gudbranson off the Canucks' hands, just as I know Benning has no interest in dealing him.