Where there is smoke Zegras will be traded

Yeah I doubt it

Only smoke you’ve heard is that teams have called but Verbeek talked to them and nothing came from it

Seems to me like a couple GM’s being GM’s

Well, all three teams have been linked. I'm just hypothesizing the values.

I feel like I'd rather keep mitts

We don’t want those deals so

I might be one of the few that would trade our 1st (unless of course it's 1st OVA) for Zegras just cause I don't believe he has hit his ceiling and we all know how bad a top pick can miss (see Kotkaniemi). Zegras has at least proven he is a top 6 player capable of 60+ points, add him to KD, CC, NS, JS, JR, AN and JA and you have the makings of a very strong top 9. I would even go out and try to get PLD for Dvorak + the Jets 1st just to make 3 top 6 forward lines. That would be a really tough team to defend.

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