Repeat after me, red wings have 6,546,543,344 LD and we don't need anymore

CHI declines.

It’ll take more for us to trade a 20 goal scorer in division lol

Seattle passes on Hall. Too much of what they already have. Not worth taking on the cap hit to our position of depth.

I don't think Pit would trade their 1st for Hellebuyck, they certainly aren't for Ullmark. Swayman + and they would likely listen.

Detroit doesn't want Grzelcyk, look elsewhere

No GM is giving the B's anything for Reilly

Maybe you´re right about Pitsburgh´s intentions, but Hellebuyck is easily worth a first to a lot of teams and Bruins won´t certainly trade Ullmark for a mere first! He´s just backed a team that has crushed all records - he´s worth double that to the right team and the Bruins have to squeeze the maximum return for all prime pieces they have (Ullmark, Gryz and maybe DeBrusk - Hall can probably be had for a second due to his 6M cap though). Many of the B´s top players also have NMC, so there is just so many that are trade flexible.

The pecking order for (potentially) available goalies is:
Saros, Hellubuck (w/ extension), Swayman, Jarry, Hellubuck (w/o extension), Ullmark, FAs.

Ullmark has no history of being this good. Maybe he turned a corner? Maybe he was elevated by a great team? The answer today is as reliable as a magic 8 ball. Teams will not trade a 1st for a 30yo with one season of success. Smart teams at least.

I don't know why you think Ullmark is so valuable but I assure you, the numbers don't agree.

Sure, the rankings have held Hellebuyck as a star (rightfully so) and Jarry is probably next up, whilst Ullmark was a shadow figure in Buffalo, but he still managed four seasons above 0.915 (up to 0.935) with the Sabres - that´s what got him to Boston and he has kept that up (and more with the B´s present D core).

I don´t see the B´s ever trading Swayman, so count him out of your equation and Ullmark is no.4 according to your ranking - there are a whole lot more than four teams that scream for a legit goalie. He IS worth more - the only thing that can limit his value is teams trying to take advantage of the B´s cap issues.

Ullmark has never had a season (before this one) where he had a WAR greater than 1. He has more negative WAR seasons than positive WAR seasons. His high save % is due to a really good save % vs low quality shots. Medium and high quality shots, he isn't very good.

Just because Ullmark is 5 (4, if you remove Swayman), that doesn't mean he is worth a 1st. IMO, he is worth a low 2nd. That is entirely based on hope that he turned a corner. Hope is not a good strategy.

If you'd like I could bring up his numbers, but they aren't good.