Absolutely great move by AZ. To quote FunMustBeAlways “boneheaded” for SJ. If CBJ had made the same move, I wouldn’t be happy.
Fun fact about “some 1st round prospects will go in the 2nd” - it happens ever year. And unless every team decides to share its big-board, we’ll never know who each team projected where.
Maybe SJ sees Johnny McHockeySomething as a Top-5 OA player who will be available in the middle of the 2nd round. If so, good on them. Circle back in 2025 and we can discuss.
I said fair trade as Arizona has too many picks and needs quality while San Jose has been short on picks the last few drafts and have too many never will be's holding spots with the Barracudas and every injury there lack of depth really shows