Devils say no

First trade: Van. Nemec might one day become Hughes but that is a gamble and the 1st isn't enough. Now, maybe Van trades for Guentzel and needs cap space?

Second trade: Depends on the picks

Nucks aint trading Hughes for that even if you add 3 first round picks imo..

Anahiem pays picks to add a rental?

Nucks and Ducks hang up the phone confused.

feel like both teams will hate it

Laughable.

i meant to any team for picks should have specified

Canucks say no. Nemec is great but it takes more than a mid 1st round pick to upgrade from him to a top 3 dman in the whole league

nemec will be good, but even if you guaranteed the first becomes celebrini canucks still say no

ok thats nuts

Let's sell the top 3 Dman as a top 5 team for futures? Canucks easily say no

i feel like the team getting a norris candidate (albeit unjustified) will like it.

Canucks pass

NJ won't be trading Nemec and Vancouver won't be trading Hughes.

Toffoli worth a 2nd n B prospect IMO half retained

Canucks definitely decline. Hughes is easily a top 5, arguably top 3 defenceman in the league. There chance Nemec becomes as good as Hughes is probably less than 1%, he'll be great bust absolute best case scenario is they're even. Chances are Nemec becomes a good to great top 4 defenceman, but he won't be Hughes. Giving up the surefire top 3 defenceman for a chance at getting one back doesn't make any sense, when the odds are that guy doesn't even reach Hughes' potential. Getting a late 1st doesn't come close to moving the needle on that front, the chances that pick turns into an impact player are already not great.