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Confirmed Trade: [TBL/CHI] F Jack Pridham for 2027 3rd pick

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I'm surprised Chicago was able to get a 3rd rounder back for him. He was a late 3rd himself and his OHL performance was solid, but not really indicative of someone who's a great prospect. That said, Tampa needs young players wherever they can get them and Pridham is 3 years ahead of anyone they'd draft in 2027.

Makes sense for both sides.
 
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He's pretty dominant at the OHL level - but he should be as an '05 there for his OA season.

His package looks pro-transferable to me so I would assume he is signing his ELC and going straight to Syracuse next year instead of going to BU.

Seems fair all the way around. Chicago recoups the original outlay which is probably valuable because of how jammed the system is starting to get. Tampa gets a kid with pro qualities they can immediately add to their AHL system.
 
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Empoleon8771 said:
I'm surprised Chicago was able to get a 3rd rounder back for him. He was a late 3rd himself and his OHL performance was solid, but not really indicative of someone who's a great prospect. That said, Tampa needs young players wherever they can get them and Pridham is 3 years ahead of anyone they'd draft in 2027.

Makes sense for both sides.
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I figure he'd go in the 2nd round if he was re-entering the draft. That's where older guys that were passed over often tend to go when they play really well. So the 3rd is the discount value of him not wanting to sign and a skip the line cost for the team acquiring.
 
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BKarchitect said:
He's pretty dominant at the OHL level - but he should be as an '05 there for his OA season.

His package looks pro-transferable to me so I would assume he is signing his ELC and going straight to Syracuse next year instead of going to BU.

Seems fair all the way around. Chicago recoups the original outlay which is probably valuable because of how jammed the system is starting to get. Tampa gets a kid with pro qualities they can immediately add to their AHL system.
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He wasn't going to BU, de-committed.

He will be going NCAA route, announcement pending.

 
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Decent value for both sides. Chicago gets a 3rd and avoids losing him for nothing, TB adds a former 3rd round prospect who has exceeded draft expectations and is years ahead in his development relative to a 3rd round pick in the 2027 draft (which would have zero impact on the contending window of Hedman, Point, Kucherov, Vasilevsky, etc).

Pridham presumably had a say in where his rights were going and was only going to declare today if he liked the destination. Avoids going back into the draft and maybe being picked up by any number of teams he's not interested in.
 
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Fogelhund said:
He wasn't going to BU, de-committed.

He will be going NCAA route, announcement pending.
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Due to the weird Rights Glitch, he actually has to announce his intent to commit, or else he'd go back in the Draft (which he wouldn't want to do assuming Tampa is a preferred location).

Where it gets weirder, he could presumably "commit" (to nowhere) today so his rights stay held by Tampa (no automatic re-entry that he doesn't want), and then I guess de-commit tomorrow and sign an ELC. Making the "college commitment" as of 6/1/2026 an entirely papered fiction. Do players even file anything suggesting they "commit" or "de-commit" to College with the NHL league office for purposes of their reserve list applicability? Never seen anything like that.
 
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Empoleon8771 said:
I'm surprised Chicago was able to get a 3rd rounder back for him. He was a late 3rd himself and his OHL performance was solid, but not really indicative of someone who's a great prospect. That said, Tampa needs young players wherever they can get them and Pridham is 3 years ahead of anyone they'd draft in 2027.

Makes sense for both sides.
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Chicsgo also has prospect depth.

22 draft- 3 1st, 2 2nd, 3 3rd
23 draft 2-3-2
24 draft 3-0-3
25 draft 3-0-1

That's alot of high picks, you need to trade some.

Buffalo drafted Portillo in 3rd in 2019, LA acquired him first a 3rd in that years draft when he said he’d go pro
 
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So was it he just didn't want to sign with Chicago and used the threat of re-entering the draft to get Chicago to trade him?
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Yes, almost certainly. Crowded group of Propsect Forwards, probably wanted to go somewhere with a softer group of prospects that he has less competition for in terms of becoming an ELC contributing leaue min player. Saw Dominic James use the 4-year NCAA period then UFA period to go from Chicago Reserve List to Tampa a year earlier and he was playing in playoffs this year.
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Weird result in this, would have made more sense if Pridham was signing immediately to play in the AHL.
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I think he needed to be Un-Committed (so he'd be off Chicago list) and then Re-Committed (to stay on Tampa's list). It's a weird glitchy interpretation of the College Player rule as far as NHL rights retention imo. Genuinely don't think he had the option of just signing with Tampa concurrently without having a vague "college commitment" that likely happened simultaneously with the trade.

As other have pointed out, universal 4 year rights will clean this up in future.
 
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WarriorofTime said:
Due to the weird Rights Glitch, he actually has to announce his intent to commit, or else he'd go back in the Draft (which he wouldn't want to do assuming Tampa is a preferred location).

Where it gets weirder, he could presumably "commit" (to nowhere) today so his rights stay held by Tampa (no automatic re-entry that he doesn't want), and then I guess de-commit tomorrow and sign an ELC. Making the "college commitment" as of 6/1/2026 an entirely papered fiction. Do players even file anything suggesting they "commit" or "de-commit" to College with the NHL league office for purposes of their reserve list applicability? Never seen anything like that.
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He can commit and go to BU and then turn pro after 1 yr.
 
WarriorofTime said:
Due to the weird Rights Glitch, he actually has to announce his intent to commit, or else he'd go back in the Draft (which he wouldn't want to do assuming Tampa is a preferred location).

Where it gets weirder, he could presumably "commit" (to nowhere) today so his rights stay held by Tampa (no automatic re-entry that he doesn't want), and then I guess de-commit tomorrow and sign an ELC. Making the "college commitment" as of 6/1/2026 an entirely papered fiction. Do players even file anything suggesting they "commit" or "de-commit" to College with the NHL league office for purposes of their reserve list applicability? Never seen anything like that.
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Why wouldn't he just sign the ELC today though? And Tampa reporters have said he will announce where he committed in the coming days so pretty sure its real.
 
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This is a guy that's going to play NHL games with ~25 goal upside, great addition for Tampa.

Probably joins them at the end of next season, assuming he doesn't sign an ELC this summer.
 
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shaner8989 said:
I would rather have a kid who dominated the OHL and won a memorial cup then a 3rd pick in 2 years.

Dumb move from Chicago
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So would Chicago but he obviously didn't want to sign there and was itching for a Trade judging by his "I'm a commit!" "Actually, I'm not a commit, my rights expire!" "JK, I'm a commit! Let me stay on Tampa's reserve list"
 
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Why wouldn't he just sign the ELC today though? And Tampa reporters have said he will announce where he committed in the coming days so pretty sure its real.
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I think because he wasn't signed by May 31st at 11:59 pm, meaning he had to be a "commit".

idk, I agree, he probably does play a year in college and then does a Burn Year at the end of season. I'm just saying I could theoretically see a world where he papers himself as a "commit" and then goes "oh wait, actually, pro hockey contract? This is my first time ever talking to Tampa because i follow the rules, so I didn't realize they wanted to sign me, actually I'll do that instead" and the "commitment" is the only thing bridging the gap to give Tampa negotiating rights (so he can avoid going in the end of month Draft where somebody he doesn't want to go to takes him).
 
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