I mean, yes, gonna suck for the next 2-3 years, no argument from me, but I don't understand why you would then buy out your bad goalie and trade for an actual current all-star goalie? That's just ****ing cruel to do to Korpisalo.

Burns trade is impossible for Boston to accept and improbable trade partners currently imo (they’d only be in on Hertl or Meier).
**Edit** just saw the retention - 6m for 5 years is still unlikely for Boston to take on, plus sending a valuable prospect whose nhl ready (atleast he’s gonna play this year). I mean for 6 mil they’d consider it but still doubt they’d bite at that price or even negotiate a deal in the end. This is under the consideration of him playing well even

Kane trade is reasonable but seeing a first back is ambitious - and I doubt the sharks need to retain as Kane isnt **** (I know CBJ needs cap for Dubois etc etc etc future etc but Kane isn’t negative value).

Labanc trade only happens if he’s lighting it up and at that point why would we sell him

If it were as simple as getting double value (in some cases even more) for players I think the sharks would have done it already.

Yeah, the Kane trade seems somewhat 'reasonable' until you consider trying to sell Evander Kane on waiving his all-but-in-name-only-ntc to go to a mid-tier team in freaking OHIO.

(disclaimer: Columbus is a lovely little city and I like the Jackets very much. I doubt Kane feels the same way.)

Bruins and Jackets decline hard

Issue 1: Burns has a M-NTC and won’t move across the country with his dang zoo.
Issue 2: Bruins laugh at that offer.
Issue 3: so does everyone else because his contract is awful.

Sorry for your situation.
Jackets probably do not need nor want Kane, especially for Korpisalo & a 1st.
Jackets covet their 1sts, and could probably get a 1st for Korpi if he has another very good year.
That being said, if it was the OTHER Kane (Patrick), they possibly would make the trade.

I get removing Korpi but the odds the Jackets draft someone as good as Kane with that pick is slim, especially if they are drafting early 20s. People on this site overvalue picks

People on this site most certainly do NOT overvalue picks, holy hell. I get that there are some teams - like the Sharks - that don't really seem to believe in drafting their own players, but there are teams like Columbus that have very few options other than using the draft and developing at home because it's hard as hell to attract high level talent to sign in Ohio. Then there's teams like Buffalo that just suck at development for whatever reason (I suspect ownership not wanting to pay for good coaching on the AHL level and not having a good/sufficient scouting staff both contribute to the issue) and yeah, those teams are maybe better off trading for talent.

That said, teams like Columbus and Tampa Bay and Carolina and Colorado who do develop their own players at home super super value their picks, and in some cases that works out extremely well for them, like Colorado and Tampa Bay, and in others, like Columbus, those players bounce as soon as they hit free agency. I'd love love love it if the Sharks started doing that more than trading for players, because that's how you get OLD.