GDT: Trade and Free agent Rumours thread | Chayka off-season edition

[phillipmike]

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@Buccigross
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Replying to @JorgeGuapo22 @dannyisu
9, 27, prospect
Jun 24, 2026 · 3:08 AM UTC

San Jose was offering 9th overall, 27th and prospect for Byram. Why was the bidding so high?

Nuts. Absolutely nuts.

Rielly should get at least 27th overall.

 

[Kurtz]

Nuts. Absolutely nuts.

Rielly should get at least 27th overall.

Love reading that - if they were in on Rielly junior, this should only make them thirstier for the real deal.

 

[BertCorbeau]

SJ also looks like they have an abundance of right handed wingers, not many on the left

Maybe there’s a hockey trade there

Rielly + Robertson + 69th OA

27th OA + Chernyshov

 

[phillipmike]

Love reading that - if they were in on Rielly junior, this should only make them thirstier for the real deal.

Not to mention they just got 9th overall 5-6 hours ago and struck out on flipping it. Have to think they are scrambling for a back up plan.

 

[NJG]

Not to mention they just got 9th overall 5-6 hours ago and struck out on flipping it. Have to think they are scrambling for a back up plan.

Hopefully willing to overpay

 

[Clark4Ever]

Stay away please

Max I would go is 3-4 years.

 

[OVO16]

Does San Jose missing out on Byram turn their attention to Reilly? I feel like we can at least get the 27th pick

 

[hockeywiz542]

 

[Morgs]

Not to mention they just got 9th overall 5-6 hours ago and struck out on flipping it. Have to think they are scrambling for a back up plan.

Yeah, Bucci makes it sound like that 9OA was being dangled for Byram too and Chicago beat them to the punch lol.

Weird times, but if theyre desperate they might do something stupid

 

[ULF_55]

LOL point taken, although those Habs teams were a freak of nature. We'll never be a bully team, but in the playoffs when hits get harder and we're throwing Robertson, Macelli and willie in the corners banging they'll get worn down. We do need bigger bodies that can skate and play. I really see Knies as a Tom Wilson light... will never be that fighter but big and strong with good hands and capable of 30 is a very hard thing to find, and exactly the kinds of guys you need in the playoffs.

Yeah, take out Robertson and Macelli and put in Koblar and Holinka.

Maybe Will Belle shows something as a 19 year old this year at Notre Dame.

 

[OVO16]

Vincent Deharnais was my sneaky low depth add for the leafs later in free agency. Wishing he doesn't sign.

 

[Phion Keneuf]

SJ also looks like they have an abundance of right handed wingers, not many on the left

Maybe there’s a hockey trade there

Rielly + Robertson + 69th OA

27th OA + Chernyshov

69th overall pick is untouchable

I’d do it, even if it was 60th overall

 

[BoBfromAulon]

Announce the Knies+Rielly to SJ for 2nd+9th+27th cowards

AND

The S&T for Tuch

 

[ULF_55]

to those who don't like the Chicago trade it's seems very obvious to me that Chicago scouts feel the players available @ 4 wont be as good as Byram, obviously Buffalo feels different or this was the best offer they recieved and didnt think they could get more elsewhere. I've said this a few times that I don't believe this group of prospects are particularly strong at top of the draft compared to other years and we've now seen 3 top 10 picks moved 4-5 days prior to the draft don't remember the last time that happened. this might be due to a particular weak UFA crop but this is a clear message top 10 picks are getting moved for guys like Byram, Eklund and Tkachuk. not exactly superstar players.

I think the trade shows they've been brutally bad for so long they don't have time for a pick this year to contribute to turning around the season THIS YEAR.

They can't continue to kill Bedard's career.

 

[phillipmike]

Announce the Knies+Rielly to SJ for 2nd+9th+27th cowards

AND

The S&T for Tuch

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In this market, we should get Celebrini too.

 

[BoBfromAulon]

In this market, we should get Celebrini too.

Just for fun, imagine that trade get done. We pretty much got ourselves an NHL line through one draft

Mckenna - Bjorck - Stenberg

Time to go to bed

 

[-DeMo-]

I think the trade shows they've been brutally bad for so long they don't have time for a pick this year to contribute to turning around the season THIS YEAR.

They can't continue to kill Bedard's career.

if this pick was moved for a franchise player I would agree but 2 other playoff teams traded top 10 picks as well for complementary pieces.

 

[phillipmike]

Honestly question which is worse;

Byram for 4th overall plus

Or

Carlo for Minten and 1st

At least with the Carlo trade, you still have hope that the first is a late one.

 

[Leaf Rocket]

Honestly question which is worse;

Byram for 4th overall plus

Or

Carlo for Minten and 1st

At least with the Carlo trade, you still have hope that the first is a late one.

Byram and its not even in close tbh.

 

[TimeZone]

Honestly question which is worse;

Byram for 4th overall plus

Or

Carlo for Minten and 1st

At least with the Carlo trade, you still have hope that the first is a late one.

Byram for 4th overall + 45 is three tiers worse.

 

[PromisedLand]

madness

 

[leafsfan5]

any day now Chayka

 

[Buckley]

The leafs will pay that.

 

[ULF_55]

if this pick was moved for a franchise player I would agree but 2 other playoff teams traded top 10 picks as well for complementary pieces.

How many franchise players are drafted any year?

I mean like Celebrini, or Matthews, or MacKinnon franchise level?

These are the last 1st. overall and they aren't all franchise level:

Here are the last 24 first overall picks in the NHL Draft, ranging from 2026 back to 2002.

• 2025-2022: Matthew Schaefer (NYI), Macklin Celebrini (SJS), Connor Bedard (CHI), Juraj Slafkovský (MTL)
• 2021-2017: Owen Power (BUF), Alexis Lafrenière (NYR), Jack Hughes (NJD), Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), Nico Hischier (NJD)
• 2016-2012: Auston Matthews (TOR), Connor McDavid (EDM), Aaron Ekblad (FLA), Nathan MacKinnon (COL), Nail Yakupov (EDM)
• 2011-2007: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (EDM), Taylor Hall (EDM), John Tavares (NYI), Steven Stamkos (TBL), Patrick Kane (CHI)
• 2006-2002: Erik Johnson (STL), Sidney Crosby (PIT), Alex Ovechkin (WSH), Marc-Andre Fleury (PIT), Rick Nash (CBJ) [1, 2, 3]

I don't expect McKenna to be franchise level, but I expect a 1st. liner.

 

[Buds17]

if this pick was moved for a franchise player I would agree but 2 other playoff teams traded top 10 picks as well for complementary pieces.

Chicago wishes to retain Bedard for the long haul; Florida views itself as a playoff team again after going from consecutive Cups/three consecutive SCF appearances to a playoff miss; Ottawa seeks to immediately replace the void left by its captain who departed a playoff team for a divisional rival. Whatever future value can be derived from these picks lacks much meaning to three teams which have a focus on the here and now. Might also be that some teams aren't as overly enamoured with the draft though, sure.