Reacting to your mock NHL Trade Deadline deals: Who says no?

We’re just days away from the 2025 NHL Trade Deadline, and with more teams in the playoff hunt than teams who will actually make the playoffs, it’s a seller’s market.

On Tuesday’s episode of Daily Faceoff LIVE, Frank Seravalli and Tyler Yaremchuk look at the mock trades you submitted to Daily Faceoff, and analyze which of them are the most “realistic” going into Friday’s deadline.

Tyler Yaremchuk: It is mock trade time! We put up thte call on our social media and I have a few I want to go through with you. Most of them are “somewhat” realistic, and there’s one at the end that you might leave the show when you see. Let’s start with some of the more realistic ones.

Mock trade #1: Blackhawks acquire JJ Peterka from Sabres for Kevin Korchinski, Toronto’s 2025 first-round pick

Frank Seravalli: It’s not nearly enough for the Sabres. You have a proven first-line winger who’s 23. If this were the deal, the Blackhawks would drive to Buffalo to pick up JJ Peterka. Korchinski is still very much unproven. It isn’t nearly enough.

Mock trade #2: Utah HC acquires Dylan Cozens, Vsevolod Komarov from Sabres for Lawson Crouse, Michael Kesselring

Frank Seravalli: That’s not enough for Cozens. You’re talking about a 60-point scorer who did that as a 21-year-old. I know the numbers haven’t been great since, but Crouse was recent a healthy scratch for Utah HC. I think the Kesselring piece is a very nice option, and he’ll be a second-pair defenseman who has shown incredible growth.

Mock trade #3: Jets acquire Brock Nelson from Islanders for 2025 first-round pick, 2026 second- and fourth-round pick

Frank Seravalli: This one is good. A first, second and fourth? That’s good value for the Jets and for the Islanders. I like it.

You can watch the full segment and the rest of the episode here…