Quoting: LikeABoss
I'd be curious to hear them, or at least how many.
Again, I used that article as a benchmark, and think I went above the value offered up in the article. I should also note that 2 1st round picks and a couple of good young players seems more expensive than what Chicago got for DeBrincat at a similar point in his career... I think DeBrincat was a bit more successful at that point as well.
What trade comparable do you have to justify a larger haul?
Ughhhh. Sure I’ll go with the first 10 that come to mind and cut myself off there
1. ANA has zero reason to trade Zegras unless they land an NHL ready LHC, for which they have only an 11.5% chance
2. ANA’s one an only RHD under contract is Gudas
3. Gudas has played so well for ANA he’s a legitimate (though not super highly likely) candidate for the C this offseason. He’s loved by every fan, player, coach, etc
4. The Ducks are loaded with middle 6 and bottom 4 D prospects. Their needs are 1RD and top 6 RW prospects. Not a single asset here is likely to fill any of those holes
5. Verbeek outright said he wants to push for playoff contention next year. A Zegras and Gudas trade is a huge step back, not to mention the best piece coming in being a draft pick that won’t meaningfully help the team for like 3 years
6. You had the gall to think Gudas is going to get RETAINED(!!) $2M for 2 more years
7. Undoubtedly the deepest position on ANA is LHD (Mintyukov, Zellweger, Lacombe, Vaak, Lageson, Hinds, Dionicio). You added 2(!!!) LHD
8. It’s already been widely reported that Yzerman wasn’t interested in Zegras
9. The rumors around Zegras in general were shut down months ago, because they were baseless to begin with. The dude who threw it out there is the same one who said definitively that Gibson played his last game in ANA.. at the end of last season. His argument was basically ‘Drysdale got traded, he’s buddies with Zegras, maybe Zegras is next’. The moment someone in the media actually dug in, multiple insiders shared ‘Verbeek was never looking to move Zegras, and has not once brought his name up in a trade discussion’
10. The quantity over quality approach doesn’t work when the opposing team actually has leverage. DET has plenty of pieces ANA would actually value (ASP, Danielson). If the Ducks tried to get Seider for a ‘25 1st, ‘26 1st, and a bunch of fillers, what would you think?