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An actual Bedard trade would probably be that Chicago gets to choose any 3-5 players/assets of their choice from Vancouver, and Vancouver is happy to do it because there are no 5 players or assets that are worth more than the overall value of a generational player who might be the face of the league. Look at the amount of season tickets Chicago sold since drafting Bedard.
So it would take 11th overall, Pettersson, Hughes, etc - then Chicago probably flips those star players for picks and prospects. You can't really do a Lindros trade in 2023 because of the way the salary cap works, but a team like Chicago or Arizona who are blatantly tanking could do something closer to the Herschel Walker trade where they trade for a bunch of assets and convert those into picks. Only in the case of this version, it would be through third party trades, not through exercising trade conditions.