Chicago still doesn't accept

Any chance NJ has at 1OA starts with Jack Hughes

Fair enough in terms of premise.
Value wise I'd say it's an overpay
Top pairing Dman on cheap deal long term: 2 1sts
Top 5 prospect in hockey: 2 1sts
Top line 21 year old: 2 1sts
Potential stud goalie: 1st-2nd??
3 actual 1sts/
I'd say 10 firsts of value in there

Well Jack Hughes 1 for 1 for bedard wouldn't be any fun now would it.

It would be alot of fun

Thoughts on the marino value to Buffalo?

I'm ok w it

Buffalo accept

I think there's a very real scenario where Severson takes a hometown discount and Marino becomes available either this offseason or next.

Barf on Bedard deal

Marino trade + Sevo signing might be good move though

I wouldn't trade Bedard for Hughes 1 for 1, though.

Feels like smart asset management to me as much as I love marino (maybe we delay it to next offseason)

I'm never doing that from NJ's position. Ultra skilled players make a ton of money and no team wins with those contracts in the cap. not to mention it takes far longer to draft and develop a team to build around those players than it does anything else. This would immediately set NJ back into rebuild mode for 2-3 years without 1sts and they'll almost definitely be worse off for it.