who do you think San Jose should acquire for a defense man.

You are gonna find that people don't much care for this type of AGM

Um. You literally don't have the assets to get a return like that from the Jackets. Like, there is literally nothing San Jose has or can offer that would make that viable. You could add Will Smith and William Eklund and still be told "no".

EDIT: In case the OP ninja-edits, this is what this post is in response to:

good point

Flames say yes so fast it makes your head spin. They wouldn't let you hang up the phone, you have to submit it to central trade registry immediately, no takesy backsey!

The Hawks don't even respond

There's something seriously wrong with you buddy. Either you're trolling or delusional. Either way you need help!

They can have Hellebuyck and Appleton but not those other Jets.

As anticipated, the Jackets trade has been edited:



It's technically an improvement in that we've moved on from "literally impossible" to a mere "that's not good enough". The Jackets do not need depth wingers, and even if we did that package isn't good enough for a top-5 pick.

The inclusion of Barabanov makes zero impact on the trade as well. He's a pending UFA and I don't think after this year he's re-signing with any team near the bottom of the standings unless he can't get any other offers (which could reasonably happen considering his play this year, but it's unlikely he'll do it without testing free agency to see what's out there).

In addition to that, the Chicago trade is laughable. Too lazy to screenshot but it's pending UFA fringe 4th line/AHLer Justin Bailey, pending UFA fringe 4C/AHLer Ryan Carpenter, pending UFA who couldn't get NHL games on an injured/terrible Sharks squad Oskar Lindblom, and pending RFA who is starting to play decently but has limited value Filip Zadina for Chicago's 2024 and 2025 1st and 2nd.

I honestly can't take any of these trades seriously.

Why is Florida paying to dump a pending free agent?

Why is Washington giving away Carlson for free?

Morrissey was top 5 in Norris voting last year and based on the stats he's been having another good year (I haven't watched him outside of games against the Sharks this year) and Namestnikov's been good for them this year too, so why are they giving them up for a likely late 1st, a guy who hasn't done great after being traded for a 2026 5th and a prospect who was probably included for contract numbers, and a guy who was available on waivers this year (though he's been decent for the Sharks on the rare occasions he's been healthy)?

The other Jets trade isn't much better...a pending UFA goalie who was picked up for a 7th, a good AHLer in Scott Sabourin who isn't young enough to be more than the veteran guy down there who might occasionally be rewarded with a game or 2 at the NHL level, a pending RFA center who passed through waivers and wasn't able to stick on a Sharks team with 3 of its top 4 centers injured, a former 31st OA pick who was considered a reach when taken and is getting very close to being considered a bust (not quite there yet, still some interest in him hence Milwaukee wanting him to be loaned for the playoff push), and a 1st in 3 years for one of the better goalies in the league, Ehlers, and Appleton both of whom are good players (I'm getting lazy so I'm going to stop going through this).

Calgary would probably have to accept that but it won't happen because there's no way Chicago trades their 2024 and 2025 1sts to SJ in the first place.

This all seems totally reasonable. Especially the Chicago trade. I wouldn't trade Addison for Morrissey, though, Addison has more offensive upside. Good idea to trade for Martinez before he hits free agency.

we do have good offense from the players that we got from Calgary.