Confirmed with Link: Zetterlund, Robins, 4th to Ottawa for 2025 2nd, Zack Ostapchuk, Noah Gregor

[The Nemesis]

Ok, that's better. Gregor's a cromulent 4th liner, Ostapchuk is a 3/4 guy, and a 2nd. Robins is whatever.

It sucks to lose Zetterlund but he wasn't a 1st round pick guy and this does help shore up the bottom 6.

Not a great trade, but I'm now at the point of "fine, I guess" rather than "burn down Grier's house"

 

[coooldude]

Dislike for the Ekky vibes alone. Who cares about OTT 2nd. This dude better be the real deal at C.

 

[Timo Time]

Noah Gregor is going to ruin the tank isn't he. f***

 

[Juxtaposer]

F***ing horrible. I hate this f***ing team. F***ing Noah Gregor is just to spite me.

 

[Star Platinum]

I am gonna throw a shoe

 

[hohosaregood]

This is anti vibe

 

[Sharkz4Fun]

What a f***ing horrific deal.

 

[cheechoo]

Final piece of the puzzle is Gregor running back the clock and playing us out of Schaefer contention

 

[Pavelski2112]

I guess Grier making a bad trade was bound to happen eventually

 

[weastern bias]

Grier must have tested the waters on an extension and felt uncomfortable with what Fabian was looking for.

This is the only logical explanation

A 2nd is pretty decent value for Zetterlund, so the return isn't even bad in a vacuum, the problem is that Zetterlund was someone we should have kept, he must just have not been willing to accept a contract Mike was happy to give, otherwise it's just a dumb and bad trade

 

[OrrNumber4]

Noah Gregor is a dime-a-trillion depth player who is leaving this season. The indignity of the Sharks giving up a 4th rounder as well...

 

[Shark Finn]

Meh. There has to be something more to this, Grier probably had some sort of extension talks with Zetterlund and didn't like what he heard. Who knows. Oh well.

 

[fasterthanlight]

Yeah that's not a good return. How does Jake Walman return more than Fabian Zetterlund? I guess Fabian must have been giving "I don't want to be in SJ long term vibes".

 

[Pinkfloyd]

Grier better be right about Ostapchuk with this being the deal. Zetterlund may not have been a core piece but he helped make Eklund's development go a lot smoother than it could have otherwise.

 

[Jargon]

This is possibly my least favorite trade Grier has ever done. Is Ostapchuk any good? He feels like his ceiling is... Zetterlund? And everything has to go well. I really don't need to see Noah Gregor in teal again and the 2nd is fine but... like... what.

 

[wickedwitch]

Grier must have tested the waters on an extension and felt uncomfortable with what Fabian was looking for.

Regardless, I think he could have easily gotten a better return.

 

[Lebanezer]

 

[rekrul]

Worst Grier move since trading down in the 2022 draft. I cringe to think what Eklund, Celebrini and Smith think of playing next year to draft Mckenna

 

[JoeThorntonsRooster]

This is the only logical explanation

A 2nd is pretty decent value for Zetterlund, so the return isn't even bad in a vacuum, the problem is that Zetterlund was someone we should have kept, he must just have not been willing to accept a contract Mike was happy to give, otherwise it's just a dumb and bad trade

How is a 2nd decent value for a 25 year old forward scoring at a top 6 rate for 2 years straight?

 

[Sendhelplease]

We need to stop trading with Ottawa

 

[themelkman]

This is possibly my least favorite trade Grier has ever done. Is Ostapchuk any good? He feels like his ceiling is... Zetterlund? And everything has to go well. I really don't need to see Noah Gregor in teal again and the 2nd is fine but... like... what.

That’s probably overstating things, his history reads fourth liner Center at his very peak to me

 

[OrrNumber4]

I'm not a fan of the ignore button, and will generally only use it on the few true psychopaths. However, if the cadre of Grier defenders come out and start spinning this trade as good, I might not be able to resist.

Grier already has a history of getting subpar values on trade. Hell, looking at what other players fetched, it seems like he sold Granlund, Ceci, and Walman for too less...

 

[hockeyball]

There had to be something behind the scenes here. Sucks. I really liked Zetterlund (and Granlund too...). Maybe Grier doesn't like "Lunds", watchout William.

 

[Timo Time]

What is our obsession with bottom-6 f***ing forwards. Our teenager lottery picks need SOME talent. f***.

 

[Jargon]

What's weird to me is Zetterlund is exactly the kind of player the Sharks seem to want. Plays with pace, hard hitting, can skate, can shoot, drives the net... I agree with the folks here who say he must have wanted a lot for his next contract but... this couldn't wait 'til summer for a better return? Why are we trading him for garbage?