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Vegas Golden Knights / Detroit Red Wings

Root trade Feb 26, 2018 · Tomas Tatar · 3 linked trades downstream

Auto-generated. This tree is machine-built from public transaction records: it follows re-traded players into their next deal and shows the player each draft pick became. Best-effort, so it may contain errors.

Trade grade

Revisiting it now, this trade graded roughly even.

Looking back from 2026 at what each side's haul produced since 2018.

Vegas Golden Knights285

Tomas TatarL12
20 GP · 4-2-6 · 2 pts in 8 playoff GP
→ flipped for Max Pacioretty
Max PaciorettyL273
224 GP · 97-97-194 · 30 pts in 36 playoff GP
via Tomas Tatar
→ flipped for Future considerations

Detroit Red Wings241

Team pts: 86 before → 62 after

Joe VelenoC · #30103
288 GP · 35-39-74
→ flipped for Petr Mrazek, Craig Smith
Petr MrazekG6
5 GP · 2W · 1 SO
via Joe Veleno
→ flipped for John Gibson
John GibsonG68
57 GP · 29W · 4 SO
via Petr Mrazek
Craig SmithC4
19 GP · 0-2-2
via Joe Veleno
2021 3rd-round pick
→ flipped for Alex Nedeljkovic
Alex NedeljkovicG61
74 GP · 25W · 4 SO
via 2021 3rd-round pick

Value = position-weighted production for the acquiring team, with playoffs weighted up and bonuses for Cups and major awards won there. Picks count as the drafted player's production, and when a piece was later re-traded, whatever came back counts toward this trade too, so value follows the full chain. Production only, no salary/cap context. Best-effort.

Feb 26, 2018

Vegas Golden Knights receive