I just showed up for your original title. Original

This ACGM looks like it was made while on a Krak binge.

I just assume NYR gets Kane. Poor Tolvanen too. Please be nice to him and don’t send him to the dumpster fire that is the Black hawks. As an NSH fan, I still miss him

The first round pick is what it'll take to get someone to swallow Bjorkstrand's terrible contract, good start. Now all you need to do is compensate CHI for Kane and Lafferty and Tanev's 2 more years.

Bjorkstrand is not on a terrible contract. Many of his contributions don't show up on the scoresheet, but make no mistake, he's still a top six winger who has made a massive positive impact for Seattle. Bjorky has formed arguably the Kraken's best line with Gourde and Tolvanen, and he's a core piece of the team who will be around for years to come. This trade doesn't improve the Kraken much if at all and isn't one GMRF would make.

If any of that were true about Bjorkstrand why are you dreaming up scenarios where you unload him for 8 weeks of Patrick Kane? He's formed SEA's best line so ... time to ship him out?

idk, if he has value why not trade him for something. My guess is no team in the league wants anything to do with 3 more years at 5.5 for a guy with 30 points.

I'm not the one advocating for trading him. In my opinion this trade is a bad one for the Kraken and one they shouldn't and wouldn't make.

In his last three seasons, Bjorkstrand has scored at a 60 point, 64 point, and 58 point pace over a full 82 game season. For that kind of production, you'd take a cap hit of $5.4M for the next three seasons every time. Ask any Blue Jackets fan how they felt when Bjorky was traded.

This season he's only on pace for 42 points, but much of that is due to an abnomally low shooting percentage that has already begun to tick back up of late. I expect his scoring to improve over the course of the rest of this season. As I mentioned before, he also does all the little things that don't show up on his point totals but show up on the ice, things like screening the goalie, digging out pucks to maintain possession, and intercepting passes to spring breakaways. Bjorky is a big reason why Tolvanen has done so well since arriving in Seattle.

So why not trade him, you ask? Because Bjorkstrand is helping the Kraken win hockey games, and the Kraken are aiming to win.

News flash bud Chicago sucks they would be lucky to get Tanev

I know we shouldnt trade Bjorky or Tolvi but Kane would be nice for the team