Quoting: GeauxPreds1
A top 3-5 goalie in the league doesn’t ever come available, The reason no one knows the true value of a top goaltender. Not saying I agree with the op proposal because it’s a little over board but looking at yours it’s undervaluing saros. Put saros and take bratt off New Jersey and they are still a contender probably more than they was with bratt because saros can actually steal games you didn’t deserve to win. Now on the flip side saros was the only reason nashville wasn’t a bottom 5 team. Take him off and put bratt on nashville and Nashville takes a hit in barely missing the playoffs to being way out of the playoffs. Saros has been in the vezina conversation every year he’s been a starter and should have been top 3 this year. He got rob because his team didn’t make it to the playoffs even though we were playing a lot of ahlers and rookies.
Two years ago, the Vezina trophy winner was traded for a guy who retied two months later. Different rules apply to goalie trades!!
But the amount of goalies that were traded alone for a 1st (or top prospect) in cap era is very limited....
2021 Kuemper (1 year) - 1st, cond pick, Timmins
2020 Murray (RFA) - 2nd, Gruden
2016 Andersen (RFA) - 1st, 2nd
2015 Jones (RFA) - 1st, Kuraly
2015 Lehner (2 years) - 1st (with Legwand)
2015 Talbot (1 year) - 2nd, 3rd, 7th
2013 Schneider (2 years) - 1st
2012 Bobrovsky (1 year) - 2nd, 4th, 4th
2011 Varlamov (RFA) - 1st, 2nd
2011 Bryzgalov (rights) - 3rd, 3rd
2010 Halak (RFA) - for a top-25 prospect, top-100 prospect (Lars Eller, Ian Schultz)
2007 Toskala (1 year) - 1st, 2nd, 4th (with Mark Bell)
2007 Vokoun (4 years) - 1st, 2nd, 2nd
2007 Toivonen (ELC) - Soderberg
2006 Raycroft (RFA) - for top goalie prospect
2006 Cloutier (1 year) - 2nd, 3rd
2006 Luongo (RFA) - Bertuzzi, Allen, Auld
....none were traded for a top-line forward as well.
There is just no applicable comp for this sort of trade.