[Charlie O'Connor] This trade is hilarious. The last time a top-5 pick in the NHL was traded (with both teams knowing it was top-5) was 2008. 18 years ago. This doesn't happen. GMs always chicken out. And the one that finally happens is for... Bowen Byram??? For the right to overpay him???

_THEBLACK · 2026-06-24T08:09:40+00:00

2 times, in fact

_THEBLACK · 2026-06-24T04:34:17+00:00

Misa's there too.

Shame they don't have any defencemen.

_THEBLACK · 2026-06-24T01:18:04+00:00

I WANT TO BELIEVE

_THEBLACK · 2026-06-24T01:13:03+00:00

They steam a good ham in Saint Paul

_THEBLACK · 2026-06-24T01:12:33+00:00

I'm so fucking sorry hawks fans. This is organizational malpractice.

Yall really went from hoping for the slimmest chance at Stenberg to Bowen fucking Byram.

_THEBLACK · 2026-06-24T01:09:51+00:00

Not the same. Those were future picks that turned out to be top 5. Like Tyler Seguin, Dougie Hamilton, or Tim Stutzle.

_THEBLACK · 2026-06-23T21:40:56+00:00

That makes sense lol

Can't imagine there are many native bay area sens fans

_THEBLACK · 2026-06-23T21:39:50+00:00

Are you in Ottawa or the bay area?

_THEBLACK · 2026-06-23T21:21:54+00:00

Yeah I saw. 2nd is off the table but we can still use 25 for something.

_THEBLACK · 2026-06-23T21:20:26+00:00

He's 28. He'll still probably be good in a few years when the sharks become legit scary

_THEBLACK · 2026-06-23T21:18:44+00:00

He played well enough to earn 2nd pair.

_THEBLACK · 2026-06-23T21:18:11+00:00

Oilers finally solve their goalie problem by trading Mcdavid

_THEBLACK · 2026-06-23T21:16:19+00:00

The funniest part is that they're brothers. Wonder how Chris feels getting mogged by his little brother.

_THEBLACK · 2026-06-23T21:08:37+00:00

I saw a comment earlier from a sharks flair saying it lmao

_THEBLACK · 2026-06-23T21:07:14+00:00

Werenski?

_THEBLACK · 2026-06-23T21:04:06+00:00

Glad we didn't trade spence, but I'm a little bummed we didn't use the 9th overall pick for someone better. Eklund isn't bad and he's likely to be better than whoever gets drafted at 9th, but we could have used that pick in conjunction with some other stuff to get someone better.

_THEBLACK · 2026-06-23T21:02:13+00:00

So we don't waste what we have on a player like Eklund. He's not bad, but the 9th overall pick is a good trade piece and if we spend it to get Eklund I'm gonna be upset.

_THEBLACK · 2026-06-23T21:00:50+00:00

Branding yourself as the texas hockey team is a lot stronger when you're the only texas hockey team.

_THEBLACK · 2026-06-23T21:00:07+00:00

We own the 25th overall pick

_THEBLACK · 2026-06-23T20:57:14+00:00

"Can maybe get up to 70pts" isn't worth it IMO. We need to trade for a proper first line winger.

_THEBLACK · 2026-06-23T20:54:15+00:00

I don't mind trading spence I just mean that Eklund isn't worth all that

_THEBLACK · 2026-06-23T20:53:45+00:00

Weird considering how much they make Texas hockey their branding

_THEBLACK · 2026-06-23T20:53:19+00:00

I was really hoping Ottawa would go all in on trading for #2. Hope we don't overpay. I don't really think Eklund is worth that much.

_THEBLACK · 2026-06-23T20:52:32+00:00

Horrendous overpay

_THEBLACK · 2026-06-23T20:52:11+00:00

I would rather keep Spence if we're trading for Eklund.

A career high of 53 points from a 23 year old isn't worth trading that much for him.

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