Sharks Trade Granlund and Ceci to Dallas for a 1st and Conditional 3rd Round Pick

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1. Good deal for SJ for two 30-somethings who weren’t going to be around for better days but this means the Sharks will struggle to achieve 20 wins w/o their top scorer.

2. Dallas should be pretty good at playoff time. Heskinen has some time to heal up. Goaltending is very solid

3. According to the Dallas Morning News, the Stars still have 4.9m in cap space because of LTIR moves.

4. 0:30 "This breaks up the Lund line for the Sharks." It's been broken up for awhile. Eklund's been playing with Toffoli and Celebrini, Smith has been filling in for Eklund on the line with Zetterlund and Granlund. The last time I can find the Lund line listed on Natural Stat trick is January 10th vs Utah.

5. I'm pretty sure a big part of why several of the trades are happening now vs at the TDL is teams don't want to risk losing out because their tradable assets are injured at the Four Nations.

6. Another team that just doesn't seem to care about winning.

7. Gold trade for both sides.

8. Well, Granlund to Dallas wasn't on my radar, but very happy for him to be able to join a competing team

9. can you put relevant stats up for defenseman that get traded? ceci has blocked 100 shots this season, if its an offensive dman i get it but showing that he has 15 points just seems like a waste of ink

10. Stars have enough good prospects in Johnston, Stankoven, Bichsel, Bourque and Hemming

11. This is the trade I was looking for. Granlund is an excellent pick up. The fact Dallas gave up no current prospects is even better. While Ceci is not a big time defensive player he is an upgrade over current players……..Dumba. Excited to see Granlund on this team. Good player and should be an excellent fit.

12. If there are two GMs that are really making progress, it's Mike Grier and Jim Nill. Grier is doing a great job in building a long term future in making the Sharks competitive again soon. Nill has been great in making Dallas competitive since he left Detroit. It would be nice to see Dallas and San Jose meet in the western conference final one day. Plus as a Sharks fan, I want revenge revenge for 1998, 2000, and especially 2008. Yeah, 2008 was really painful.

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14. A 1st?

15. Sharks are going to be an absolute dumpster fire for the rest of the season.

16. Great move. As the Stars LTIR gets longer and longer, Nill should lock up what he can to keep us competitive and get ready for the playoffs when hopefully Seguin and Miro come back.

17. Dallas had to make a move now. Having to rely on rookie D for the next several weeks not good. Granlund will allow prospects to develop in AHL vs NHL

18. I think it's a good move by both parties. Dallas is hurting for depth on defense, and Granlund is a good player. They needed to make moves to keep pace in the division. Sharks got good value for the players.

19. What it may look like in terms of playoffs:

    First round:
    Winnipeg vs. Calgary
    Edmonton vs. Los Angeles [4th consecutive year]
    Vegas vs. Colorado
    Dallas vs. Minnesota
    Washington vs. Ottawa
    Carolina vs. Tampa Bay
    Florida vs. Columbus
    Toronto vs. New Jersey

    Results: Winnipeg eliminates the wild card Calgary Flames 4 games to 1, Edmonton for the 4th year in a row eliminates Los Angeles Kings 4 games to 1, Colorado eliminates the Golden Knights 4 games to 2, Dallas eliminates the Minnesota Wild in game 7, Ottawa Senators SWEEP the Capitals 4-0, Carolina Hurricanes eliminate Tampa Bay Lightning 4 games to 1, defending champions Florida Panthers ELIMINATE Columbus Blue Jackets 4 games to 1, Toronto Maple Leafs unfortunately eliminate New Jersey Devils 4 games to 1.

    Second round:
    Winnipeg vs. Edmonton
    Dallas vs. Colorado
    Carolina vs. Florida
    Toronto vs. Ottawa

    Results: Edmonton Oilers eliminate the Winnipeg Jets 4 games to 2, Dallas Stars for the second year in a row eliminate the Avalanche 4 games to 1, Carolina Hurricanes take down the defending champions Florida Panthers in game 7, Ottawa eliminates Toronto 4 games to 2.

    Conference finals:
    Edmonton vs. Dallas
    Carolina vs. Ottawa

    Results: Dallas Stars exorcise their demons and SWEEP the Oilers 4-0, Carolina Hurricanes eliminate the Ottawa Senators 4 games to 1 to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 2006.

    Stanley Cup Finals:
    Carolina vs. Dallas

    Result: Carolina Hurricanes win first two games in Raleigh, Dallas Stars win game 3 in Dallas, Carolina wins two more, one in Dallas and the deciding game 5 in Raleigh results in a massive win for the Hurricanes, with the team clinching their SECOND Stanley Cup.

20. Reports came out that the Sharks tried to extend Granlund. Those talks didn't work out so they moved him to get some value for him. The fact that value is a 1st rounder (even if a late one) is very good value. That pick could be used to move up further into the 1st round or it can be used to get a player. If Grier doesn't move Granlund, and other upcoming UFAs like Ceci, then we would have reason to be upset. Once Seguin went down and they put him on LTIR I knew this trade was happening.

21. Nice trade for the Stars! Love the pickups! Unlike the other Dallas sports team whose practice facility is down the street down in Frisco, TX…. this Dallas team is actually "All In" on winning it all this season.

22. Or E mil Hemming

23. H G 2. 32 year olds for a first-round pick. Or two rentals for a first-round pick holy smoke

24. Fills the needs for the Stars. Middle 6 forward, 3rd pair defense. Wouldn't surprise me if they got a depth forward with some playoff experience at the deadline.

25. The Sharks young players are going to miss Granlund’s mentorship. Hopefully they use the 1st and conditional 3rd to acquire a young top pairing defenseman instead of waiting for the draft.

26. I think it's smart for Dallas to go for it, however I'm not sure those are the players you pick up to help your cause.

27. Stars fan here and I like it. With Seguin on LTIR till the end of the regular season, I believe it’s a $9.5 million cap hit, I can see Nill making more trades at the actual deadline. Dallas is playing well and this could be the year

28. Solid for both teams

29. Solid trade all around. Glad the sharks got another 1st

30. The more there are Finns playing in top teams, the more interest that ought to create towards Finnish players. Defense player Atro Leppänen has been making headlines in the Finnish league. He's on his way to break Pekka ”Rocky” Rautakallio's season 1978–1979 defense player's point record (25+28=53). Brian Rafalski had the same amount of point in the Finnish league in season 1998–1999, when HIFK was in top form. Leppänen has 51 total points at the moment. He already made the defense players' one game point record with 3+3. His team is 12th at the moment out of the 16 teams in the league. In season 2022–23 he made the defense players point record in Finland's second highest league with 58 points.

31. I hate to see Grandlund go because essential means the Sharks won't win another game this season. On the plus side, Ceci is gone. Enjoy his buffoonery on the blueline Dallas.

32. be interesting to see how Dallas structures their lines around that trade. I'm seeing a Dallas-Carolina Cup Final. Not discounting the Jets great season, but Dallas just feels more seasoned for playoff hockey. And Carolina seems ready to hit on all cylinders now with the Rantenen trade as we move into the last quarter of the season. This trade season has been fun and feels like its just getting started!

33. Stars just got better

34. Great Video/Update, Shannon. I don't know why it is that The San Jose Sharks are getting rid of so many players. Maybe you have an idea.