Sharks prospect pool is not weak!
Yes we’re still a few years from turning things around but the prospect pool is right around top 10 right now. And by the start of 25/26 should be top 5.

Pettersson had an extra 60 minutes on the power play.

307 minutes to just 246 for Hughes. Hughes has more to give on the PP if they start calling penalties (unfortunately since the devils commit very few penalties and were winning often, they won't draw many PPs due to ref's game management)

And that trade was a disaster for calgary

If its Fantilli its 1 for 1 lol

Sharks are in no position to be bidding for a guy like him.
It would stunt/ deplete our growing prospect pool and ability to build it up for years. The likely cost would be Smith plus the 24 1st and 25 1st , poi’s my even more to get him and that leaves the sharks with limited ability to build around him. This is just not the right time for them to

I say this with as much respect as possible, but you're homer-menatlity is blocking your vision. I really don't know how to say that a nicer way lol.

If you open the supporting cast discussion, then...

Is McDavid really not going to be that good on a team without Draisaitl?
Is Sid really not going to do what he does if he doesn't have Jake?

You get my point. It's a poor argument to make. The only real context a supporting cast can be useful for is for players who are in supporting roles/complimentary players, and goalies. Players at the level of Brayden Point? No way. Also, while VAN hasn't been a great team, it's not like Pettersson has been playing with a bunch of nobodies lol. He's had has some really great talent surrounding him.

Hughes is a better player than Pettersson and while it's not a huge gap right now, the gap will continue to grow as it has the last few years. Honestly, I'd say 95% of the people who would make an argument that Pettersson is better than Hughes are VAN fans.

Not sure why Devils would be on this list. We have two good young centers for our top six.

Columbus, Detroit would where I'd target

Columbus can easily outbid just about anyone even with Fantilli and Jiricek off the table. Don't be greedy.

That said, can't see either side making the move.

Very fair point, but holding fast to your price is more important than selling the player at all. I believe that it was Brian Burke who said that he was asking for a 1st for a player and people would only ever offer a 2nd, and he didnt sell because he didnt want to be known as one who would bend at the pressure of time. Canucks would still probably be able to get a fair amount but trading a cornerstone centre requires another one coming back

Fair enough, have a nice day

Well well well, lets see what you can offer

Doesn’t quite work like that, I see what youre trying to get at, but that 13.5 number is so volatile and the other numbers are subjective. I disagree with your holts and Mercer valuations and they aren’t the players that the Canucks need. So for that reason, youre out

Asset selection was the problem in that situation, he had good offers from other places that he could have gotten

I have heard both sides, but I do see what you mean, but there is also an eastern bias, I have a Vancouver bias, I am a homer, but I would straight up rather have Petey than Hughes.

Canucks have some good players, but look at the quality and quantity. Anyways, we will see this year, I could be completely wrong, but you could be too

13.5 is what I see the market value being on a high 30s scoring, high 80s points, elite defensive C.

I'm not paying more surplus value than that.

Realistically in value this is mercer+ more than the meier trade, which is reasonable in my opinion

Shakir=Cap dumps +retention in that trade

holtz=1st+
1st=1st here
Mercer is here on top.

This is also a fair bit more than the Eichel deal imo
Holt+3rd (that vegas got back)>Krebs+2nd
1st vs 1st
Mercer >>>> Tuch

In real life you aren't getting more than this

But he didn't want to sign elsewhere and with his contract situation, he had the hammer, just like pettersson would in this hypothetical scenario

well hey, passing up a boatload of assets for pettersson and letting him walk to free agency may set the rebuild back by years but at least you can say you stuck to your principles. will definitely make the fans feel better.

I wouldn't say I have any bias at all. The Devil's are a rival lol. I have no horse in either race.

But yes, I totally could be wrong, but if Hughes surpasses him this year, you can't rest on the supporting cast argument lol

Nothing higher than this

Suzuki
Anderson
Savard
Farrell
Barron
2025 1st (CAL)
2025 1st (MTL)
2026 1st (MTL) (top 5 protected)

for

Petey
Garland/Boeser
Myers

Any team wanting to acquire Petey will not be giving multiple pieces of their future core for him. You get 1 very good one (Suzuki), some decent prospects and 3 1st rounders. Also about 2m in cap relief