If you break down what trades for Karlsson and Meier would be individually, an injury prone 27 year old UFA winger allegedly asking for $7m per year on his next deal, a 26 year old winger in Vrana whose status we're not really sure of right now in terms of what's going to happen to him, a UFA backup goalie, a 3rd pairing defenceman, and, I mean, those picks aren't bad... but I think the Sharks will get more from those two guys in different deals by a long shot. The Sharks ought to be rebuilding, not adding late 20s players to try and compete now.

The Wings could do well to have Meier on board long term if he wants to re-sign there for less than $10m per year, but the Wings don't need Karlsson at all with Seider and Hronek up the right side, even with 25% retained. Still a lot of cap hit to eat with Larkin to re-sign too, and, theoretically, Meier.

I don’t think this works for either team. Not sure wings need RD and sharks ask for way more than what’s here for the package they are being asked to move

Detroit declines EK once again for the same reasons as before.