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Originally Posted by Bonded
I am not sure they would. It is a NHL 25 trade where assets just keep getting added. They have similarly valued prospects like Mews, Poirier, and Gridin in their system. If they think Misa is a #1C then they don't take it.
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Mews might be one of their top RD prospects right out of the gate. He is still very boom/bust but their RD prospect depth is really bad.
However, they do not need D prospects as much as they need an entire top D pairing for next season. As hard as it is to get a top line C, it is also really hard to get 2 top pair D.
And, you know what the Sharks do not need? Another great forward prospect. Two big problems will happen with that:
1) Their top 6 is pretty full and Misa is not going to be happy playing third line minutes and/or pushed onto the wing for the start of his career. That would just mess with his bottom line for his career earnings.
2) If the Sharks roll out Ferraro & Liljegren as their top pair next season, they are going to get caved in, a lot, and Askarov is going to get scored on a lot. No amount of forward star power is going to fix that D depth.
From the Sharks perspective, it does make sense to trade the #2 pick to get a top pair D + other assets. Andersson + 18OA + Mews is a good package. I think something still needs to be added but I am not sure the 4th asset needs to be huge, especially with how good Mews is looking this season.