Satiar Shah

So what happened was the San Jose Sharks acquired Michael Kesselring from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for the 27th overall pick.

and San Jose traded away the 20th overall pick.

So essentially, San Jose went down seven spots in the first round and got a potential top four defenseman, at the very least, a third pair of defensemen, being a righty.

It's a creative move for San Jose.

And for all the talk that we've had about should San Jose use a second overall pick to get a defenseman, whether it's trading down from that spot or as people have proposed to us, Bick,

Can the Canucks acquire... Can the Canucks send Filip Hronik to San Jose for the second overall pick?

And the thing we've been talking about is they don't have to trade the second overall pick to address their blue line, or at least outright.

And here is a creative way for them to get what they need and still maintain a first-round draft pick.

And these are the types of deals that you want to see rebuilding teams do, especially when...

you don't live in a world where you can weaponize the cap like we talked about doing in the past.

This is another creative way you can move up and down in a draft, potentially, and still address your needs.

And that's something that I think that Canucks should be pursuing in different ways.

And the benefit for Buffalo is you get a top 20 pick.

going up seven spots.

And when you look at this year's draft, it's really fascinating when trying to craft your own tiers, and everyone has their own list.

But you can come up with about 24 to 26 players, or 24 to 25, now everybody's list is somewhat different, that you would say are very...

within the top three tiers.

So if you're Buffalo, for instance, by moving up those seven spots, you're ensuring that you're getting a top 20 player on your list, which is not insignificant because Bo from Burnaby is asking, what is the motivation for Buffalo?

Well, number one, it's to move off Kesselring because it didn't work out.

They have other needs on the back end.