Keep Alex tuchs name out of your mouth please

How about Granlund for the two 1sts?

0.81 PPG for Granlund vs 0.92 for Keller.

Sharks would have to include 3 3rds to make up the difference.

Not enough for Middleton, so the Wild say no. The Wild want more big mobile D-men anyway, not less.

AZ passes on that

awful offer for keller, who wouldnt be traded anyway

Hard pass on Keller but I could see a way forward for Schmaltz. Wouldn't be as high as a price either

Schmaltz and 2025 2nd (TOR) for Graves (ret ~2MM) and [2024 1st (PIT) -Guarantee SJC gets unprotected 20251st.]

I take your point about it being an underpay for Keller.

Ignore Graves for a second and let me know a few players in the league you would value at 2 first round picks (one top 10 and one late first rounder). Bonus points if they play for a rebuilding team. It's about the same value as Chicago got for Debrincat coming off his 40 goal season.

I think you've done a good job at balancing out the value with the 2nd round pick and lopping off one of the 1sts.

At the end of the day, if I'm a GM trading a top 10 pick, I would want a nailed-on top line player. Schmaltz isn't even projected to hit 60 points this season (which may be a function of the team he plays for). Ottawa got a 40 goal scorer for #7 overall in the DeBrincat trade. Turns out he wasn't as good of a player as they had hoped, but they paid up for his goal scoring potential.