Reason he’s a comp: getting 4 year of top D at a decent cap hit, there’s some downside risk with that age and term.

Value – 1st, 4th, Barrie (probably paying extra to get rid of this cap, could say 4th is to take his cap), Reid Schaffer (last year’s 32nd overall pick so basically around 1st to a 2nd in value) Summary 1st (expected later), 1st (Schaffer last years 32nd)

Raise value – only 4 years left on the contract (ends when he’s 37 instead of 38), have a better sense of where is on his aging curve

Lowers value – older, LD, not as good

The reason he’s a comp: was traded as an RFA and signed to a reasonably long and similar contract, with some similarity in the quality of the players

Value – 1st (15th overall), 2nd (45th overall), 2nd (52nd overall)

Raises Value – Younger, less backend in risk

Lowers Value – more risk that he isn’t what you think due to small sample size, you’re hoping he’s as good as Weegar (he was, probably pretty close at his best)

Reason he’s a comp: you’re trading for those 3 years where he’s a good value as a Top D like Weegar which main part of the value in each trade.

Value: 1st, 2nd 2nd (1st round pick very likely to be between 10-16 due to conditions)

Raises value – lower cap hit, don’t need to take on the backend, can resign at end if you want

Lowers value – not as good, LD

Reason he’s a comp: Different positions but C and RD are both very valuable, both great players in their position, and both have weird risks associated with them that hard to quantify

Value – 1st (was probably expected to be a lot lower than it was), 2nd, minus a 3rd, Krebs (1 year removed form 17th overall) and Tuch (definitely very good at the time, but not the steal he is in retrospect with his contract and the cap crunch maybe worth a 2nd? It’s hard to say, he might have even been a full on cap dump at the time). Summary about two 1st and a 3rd to about 2 1sts, a 2nd and a 3rd

Raises Value – Younger, better player, center

Lowers Value – Larger contract, back injury

Reason he’s a comp: The contract was already in place before the trade so it can be treated like a sign and trade or that he was already on that contract. Even though I think Jones is WAY worse than Weegar or anyone else on this list, the league values Jones like Weegar, at least at the time, so I will pretend that’s his value based on quality is the same.

Value – 1st (12th overall), 2nd (44th overall), next year 1st (top 2 protected, but it was likely to be high), minus (32nd overall pick), minus next year’s 6th, Boqvist (3 years ago 8th, definetly not as valuable as the pick spot at the time, but almost certain worth a 1st of some sort). How to value this, I think the 1st and the 6th probably is pretty close to Boqvists value at the time (who knows maybe that was added to the trade to get Boqvist) so for my own sanity and to simplify this I’m going to cancel those out. Summary: 1st(12th overall), 2nd (44th overall), next years first (top 2 protected, but likely to be high, I’m guessing they were valuing it around 10-16 since that’s where Chicago picked the last 3 years)

Raises Value – Younger (will be 35 at the end of the deal), you’ve got him for more “good years” since it’s effectively a 9 year contract, less backend risk

Lowers Value – Worse cap hit except for the first year

I think he's worth more than Eckholm, Hamilton or Chychrum, he is the better player.

He is worth less than Jones, the way the market treated Jones in my view was like defenseman who is or was as good as Weegar. I don't think he is, but the important thing is how he is or was valued, not how good he actually is. Even though he's paid more, without the crazy backend downside risk and with more "good years" I think it's fair to say he would be worth more than Weegar, even though I'd never pay it.

Weirdly enough I think the best comp in some ways is Eichel, they're both such weird trades. Big upside with big downside risk.

Either way you slice it, it's between Jones and Chychrun or it's in Eichel's hard-to-determine range you get around two 1st and 3rd to 2 1sts, a 2nd and 3rd as his value.

To come to an actual conclusion I'll say 2x1sts and 2nd from a contending team sometime in 2024.