Now that the dust has started to settle, emotions — hopefully — have begun to get reeled back in, and we have a more clear picture of what’s going on. It’s time to review what the hell happened over the past few days.
Return: a conditional 2019 2nd*, and a conditional 2020 3rd**
*If Dallas wins two playoff rounds and Zuccarello plays in 50% of their playoff games this selection becomes a 2019 1st
**If Zuccarello re-signs in Dallas this pick becomes a 2020 1st
It sucked. The returns across the board were relatively underwhelming, and I think it spoke volumes that the biggest fish in the pond (Mark Stone) didn’t even land a first round pick — even if he did fetch the far and away best prospect moved on the year.