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Originally Posted by ComixZone

It’s hard to figure this out because it just happens so rarely.

I could easily see it taking at least something like:

To SJ:
Andersson (extension negotiated)
Bahl
Zary
Pospisil
2025 1st Round Pick (18th)
2025 1st Round Pick (32nd)
2025 2nd Round Pick (54th)

To CGY:
2025 1st Round Pick (2nd Overall)

That gives SJ: #2 defenceman long-term, 2nd pairing defenceman long-term, top-six forward long-term, top-nine forward long-term, and significant draft capital. The idea being the Flames have to overwhelm the Sharks with quantity to make them even entertain it.

There’s not a lot of comparable trades in modern NHL history when it comes to teams trading away top-5 picks.

To PHI: 4th Overall (Pitkanen)
To TBL: Fedotenko + two 2nd round picks

Weak draft year, apparently this was known at the time. Also, Jay Feaster.

To NYI: Yashin (contract dispute)
To OTT: 2nd Overall (Spezza), Muckalt, Chara

…wtf NYI.

To NYI: 5th overall (Torres), 4th round pick, 7th round pick
To TBL: Weekes, Kudroc, 2nd round pick

Kinda shows the further you go back, the more you run into the fact that scouting/drafting in the NHL was not a solid practice…and also, Jay Feaster.

There’s also the Burke/Sedin trade…but again, you’re going back some time.

Quantity for quality rarely happens. It’d make a lot more sense to see SJ directly just go deal with someone like Dallas and work a trade around Jason Robertson where SJ gets the quality they’d be looking for but with the Fast-Forward button pressed so they can expedite their competitiveness.

Trades before the cap aren't very relevant. Even a few years after the cap isn't great. There's a reason hardly anyone makes these trades anymore.