why the hell would San Jose add in a conditional 1st to this?

Didn't realize it was a conditional 1st. If you can read the description says late 2nd. So perhaps a different pick.

SJ isn't going to use their last retention slot on Granlund. They will keep it open for contracts with one year left on them, and use it at the TDL. I'm not sure why SJ would want this trade, it does nothing for them but waste a high draft pick. We already have enough players to trade at the TDL, we don't need more. Beauvillier and Myers have negative value, I'm not sure what you mean by trade them for assets. That's a lot of cap hit to trade at the TDL. I would suggest trading them to ANA and CHI, teams with cap space, instead to forcing a trade with SJ, putting them right up against the cap limit. Maybe trade Myers + a 2nd to ANA for future considerations, and Beauvillier + a 3rd to ANA for future considerations. Otherwise if the price is too high, just wait and let them walk.

SJ is widely rumoured to want Myers as a short term RD to eat up some of Karlsson's minutes. With retention he will have some value at TDL for a contender.

Beau has negative value? Not sure at all where that idea comes from. With retention, at 3.15, he is definitely a value contract with upside as a middle 6 option. He is far from a cap dump, like Hoffman, Granlund, Lebanc, etc, etc.

No they're not. There was one rumor that there was a Labanc for Myers deal on the table and it didn't happen. Now they have Rutta on that right side, so getting Myers would do them no good. The 2nd should literally be going the other way considering SJ is taking on 2 cap dumps and VAN is taking on one.

And people have such short term memories with Granlund. Dude had 60+ points a year ago and was on pace for 50+ with NSH before he was traded last season. He was just an awful fit with Pitt