Quoting: Spanky227
It’s less than a year old from TSN and if they are so “whack” (not like those players have lit it up) and “Lundkvist is so bad” why are you looking to get him? “Yikes”
Regardless, find any list where branstrom was that high at any time. Again, why you think Hertl will get more than Mark Stone is just laughable. This is almost on par with the eichel return.
You have to be on some crazy crack if you think that is the Eichel return. And yes that list is horrible for the reasons I mentioned and it being a year old. It’s March tomorrow it’s 11 months old. Gauthier is almost 25 and hasn’t scored more than 10 points in an nhl season, kravstov couldn’t make your lineup this year and Dobber Prospects has a projection model that has Lundqvist well below 2nd pairing.
Chris Peters in September 2019 ranked the top 100 prospects in the nhl at the time and Brannstrom was ranked 19.
http://insider.espn.com/nhl/insider/story/_/id/27632023/ranking-top-100-nhl-prospects-2019-20
NBC Sharks had a media member talk to others in the league about Hertl here:
https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/sharks/nhl-trade-deadline-evaluating-what-sharks-players-might-bring-back-trade
They mention Hertl can bring in up to two premium assets because he is seen as a 1C in the league. Stone is a winger, centers are always more valuable. The cost for Hertl could be up to 2 premium assets being a 1st and a top prospect.
Also, the cold stove pod from NHL Rumors Daily mentions that he is possibly even a top 20 enter in the league and he should bring back multiple top assets.