The Ducks are trying to climb out of the rebuild, picks need to be 2023.

This is indeed correct and I think there needs to be more since Vatrano is in there because it’s a bad look dealing him after just signing him to a multi year deal

Maybe he and Verbeek talked about the possibility of a deal being made in the negotiating process we don’t know about too

Jets accept

Don’t worry, you’ll get your 2023 1st when the Leafs trade for Shattenkirk

We can't sign Frank Vatrano as a free agent and then trade him after 19 games. especially when he looks like he's exactly what we expected of him. Of course, that's with @GeneralLandro's caveat, above.