Except the reason a Pulj trade is imminent is because they're up against the cap and will need to bring Yamo back off LTIR. As such, Edmundson doesn't make sense as the acquisition target in said Pulj deal- at least without 50% of his cap retained.

im sick to my stomach

Edmundson def gon be retained at 50% for max value and prob to make cap work as Yamo is gon be activated from LTIR, idk how much cap they accumulated but it could be doable. Maybe Poolparty and a 1st is the ask and maybe another pick cuz retain for this year and next. if im wrong then im wrong lmao

That seems really unreasonable now because of the Horvat trade

Yeah the horvat trade kinda made the market for sellers bad and buyers good lmao

That's exactly what I said at the beginning of the year lmoa, the weaker drafts are typically sellers' market whereas the stronger draft (the Deep and talented ones) are buyers' market due to how valuable those picks become. I think the Horvat trade/Monahan and Edmunson injuries kinda killed Hughes' hope of getting another 1rst this year bc now both of them are 5-8 range in their respective position (for Monahan: Barbashev, ROR, Domi and Teows and for Eddy: Chychrun, Schenn, Ghost, Gavrikov, Karlson, Klinberg and Dumba). That would be 13 first round picks with the winger/Goalie market still there (Meier, Boeser, Tarasenko, Kane, Nyquist, (as much as Blue Jackets fans don't want to admit it) Jenner, Reimer etc.) In my opinion, based on the teams that aren't tanking, there could be a maximum of 21 2023 First round draft picks potentially in circulation (NYR being the only one with 2)

Let's just say for the sake of arguing: ROR gets one, Kane gets one, Teows gets one, Chychrun gets one, Karlson gets one, Klingberg gets one, Meier gets one and Tarasenko gets one for sure. 5 teams that I have mentioned are either to scared to go for it or satisfied with their roster. This now leaves 8 first round draft picks in circulation. This would also be the most draft picks traded since the 2007 NHL season.

You have so little supply for such high demand that I don't think either gets a 2023 1rst round pick, just like I said at the beginning of the season. If you are still reading this, thank you for the amount of time it took to read this.

Where was this reported, can’t find anything about it anywhere