The point still stands that Val + Honka for Seabrook is pretty moronic. Seabrook and Keith are products of eachother, and splitting them up isn't going to make one stronger. We don't "need" Seabrook and it absolutely would be piss poor asset management if you send those 2 off for a guy like him.
Comparing prospects like Chiasson, Honka, and Val is pretty redundant too. Chiasson had his seasons to work his way up the lineup and couldn't hack it. Val did.
I realize not trading Nuke AND Honka for
anyone is not just overstating my case, but being aggressively wrong, but thank you for emphasizing the general point about how awful trading those two for Seabrook is.
Seabrook is an excellent player, made better by his Norris winning partner in a system inundated with 20 goal scorers. Dropping Seabrook onto a team where his partner would be a 3rd pairing d-man on a good team in a system with less 20 goal scorers will not transform Dallas enough to make it worth giving up Nuke and Honka: Dallas' only real blue chip prospects.
As to the overall discussion, I'm just not a fan of trading prospects right now. Dallas has plenty of prospects who may not look elite, but could be valuable role players. I'd like to see them develop with the proven core that exists now. This team isn't good enough to trade for one player and expect that person to be the difference. If someone overvalues an Oleksiak, Eakin, McKenzie, or Faksa, sure, knock your socks off. But the addition of Spezza and Hemsky should make it painfully obvious that this team simply performed above expectations last season, and needs more than duct tape, and a defibrillator to be elite.