It isn't every year that an NHL team makes a franchise-altering move. In fact, decades can go by without such a transaction. Winning the lottery is franchise-altering luck, but there isn't a move associated with that outside of being a lousy team.
One move that would be a franchise-altering move of the highest level is acquiring Quinn Hughes of the Vancouver Canucks. Of course, he is the older brother of Jack Hughes and Luke Hughes, who currently play for the Devils. All three of them were top-seven draft picks.
Throughout the week, there has been a lot of discourse on this topic as both Jack and Quinn are representing their teams at the NHL Media Tour going on in Las Vegas.