It would prob take less than a 2nd tbh

I'd say that it's a very fair price tbh.

Straight up you’re right it’d take less than that but just because of the 20% retention and the 2yrs left on the deal instead of 1 I think a 2nd’s fair for both sides.

The way you titled this armchair-gm made me think this move was official

That’s my shameless click baiting 😂

This would be an excellent move for the Sharks, absolutely love Palat. Honestly, Tampa is getting a solid pick back for him too, that's more than they'll be able to say for Johnson, Gourde or Coburn

Pretty much a dream by Sharks and Tampa fans that NTC Palat is leaving the Cup Champs for San Jose.

Starting to resemble an actual NHL caliber bottom 6.

Admittedly it's probably not likely Palat waives for SJ but it's certainly possible. A rebound year is expected for SJ who still have tremendously skilled guys on their team (i.e. Karlsson Burns Kane Cooch).

A factor for Palat to leave SJ as a team he wouldn't reject a trade to in his limited-NTC could be to play with fellow Czech Hertl. Meier as his other linemate isn't too shabby of a 2nd line to play on so while it'd be great to keep playing with Point/Kucherov it's not like he'd be in for an enormous downgrade in terms of the linemates he plays with. He has to pick a few teams he wouldn't reject a trade to, so who knows, maybe that's enough to have SJ as one of them.

Palat has a full NTC this in 20/21