love the move for the Avs, Nieto is a fan favourite here and he fits perfectly in that bottom 6.
Merkley is a roll of the dice, if they get an NHLer out of him, that rules

But can we do the correct lines. Galchenyuk is in the AH

Lehkonen MacKinnon Nichushkin
Rodrigues Compher Rantanen
Loc Newhook Cogliano
Nieto Meyers Malgin

Teams should stay clear of Merkley.
Edit: crap

don't understand this for SJ

Merkley and Nieto are each probably worth a mid-round pick and it seems we got nothing

does Kaut have any value? 23 and still stuck in the AHL. and MacDonald is a 7th defenseman at best.

If someone came up with this trade here he would've been called all sorts of names, what a steal by colorado

Yeah the Sharks, definitely got shafted in this trade.

I’ve been a Kaut defender. He isn’t flashy, solid all around game, he has a good/bad tendency to play to the level of his linemates and I think that frustrated the Avs because they wanted him to take a spot and force their hand. I still think he has the potential to be a real solid middle 6 guy that can play in all situations.

Cool an actual trade! Boring but a trade nonetheless