i gotta think the sharks would want some quality back instead of quantity for their best trade piece. unless I'm forgetting someone their pipeline is pretty dry and their team is aging quick, cant see them moving their best player under 25 for that

The sharks aren't going to trade away Meier for a bunch of Quantity>Quality pieces, not a single big piece there.

Probably should have left Jones in it. He would just be a overpriced backup and would probably excel in that role with lots of rest. Blackwood is cheap for a bit longer and a veteran goalie is always a nice sounding board for young guys. Timo isn't having a great year, but not many Sharks are. Sharks have a bunch of bottom 6 guys in the NHL/AHL so this deal doesn't do much for them they would love to dump big long contracts if possible I think, so I think if you add Jones you might get a deal.

Sum of the parts valuations says NJD giving up too much. But SJ will want a cornerstone back too, so they also decline.

Holtz, Mercer, Bratt, Smith, Severson, Blackwood off table for NJD. So 2021 1st unprotected plus taking some salary from San Jose.

Meier/Sorenson...for....

One young NHLer (Zacha, Wood, Sharangovich, McLeod, etc)
One near NHL prospect (Boqvist, Merkely, etc)
and 2021 1st

Not awful in value but we’d rather have some real quality here as opposed to quantity. Zacha would be ok but honestly I would rather have a 1 for 1 swap for a good prospect than everything here.

What about adding Martin Jones and another pick/prospect? I used a different approach doing this trade, giving the sharks quantity prospects since their prospect pool is really dry

Not even a first?