Simmonds trades are hard to evaluate because its not clear what kind of player Simmonds is right now. Last year, he shouldn't have been playing - he had a boatload of injuries ... he shoulda been shut down. This year, he's looked like his old self at times, and terrible at others ... but the Flyers have been an absolute train wreck ... Gretzky in his prime might be sucking right now on Hakstol's hapless Flyers.
Personally, I'm a big Simmonds fan and I think he's got lots in the tank for years to come. He's tough but he doesn't play a bulldozer style of game, and he's historically been a good skater, which I think gives him more shelf life than more classic power forwards like Lucic. I'd like to see him in TO, cause I think he would be awesome there and really contribute to the Leafs having a great run.
But the Flyers are going to send Simmonds to the highest bidder, and I am certain there will be GMs who, like me, will perceive him to have lots left in the tank, and he represents a relatively rare package of skill and toughness.
For the Flyers, there is just no value in B grade prospects - they probably have the deepest prospect pool in the league. Its gonna take picks, or players with clearly higher upsides than the Allison/Cates/Rubtsov/Vorobyev/Ratfcliffe/Laczynski/Kase/Twarynski/Friedman/St Ivany/Kalynuk/Hogberg/Ginning etc ...