I'm sorry but you are completely off on this one. Rieder is worth much then a 2nd round pick. People really need to stop camparing players value based on points. Although that method seems to be the number one way hf boards tends to rate players, nhl teams looking to make deals to improve their team look at a player as a whole. NHL teams watch live games and film to determine players value. The hold out definitely changes some perspective but let's see how things play out before jumping into conclusions. Rieder may not be that all star too line forward but he is tremendously valuable to our team or another team for that matter.
Over the last 10 seasons,
39 wings have scored between 30 and 40 points in their first or second seasons (three of them did it twice). Some of those players (Blake Wheeler, Phil Kessel, James Neal) blossomed into first line players. More of those players (Steve Bernier, Magnus Paajarvi, Colby Armstrong) remained bottom six players.
Few of these players were traded as early as we're proposing Rieder would be, but some comparables:
Peter Mueller (traded at age 21 with Kevin Porter for Wojtech Wolski)
Magnus Paajarvi (traded at age 22 with a 2nd rounder for David Perron)
James Van Riemsdyk (traded at age 23 for Luke Schenn)
TJ Galiardi (traded at age 23 with Daniel Winnik and a 7th rounder for Jamie McGinn, Michael Connolly and Michael Sgarbossa)
Steve Bernier (traded at age 22 with a 1st rounder for Brian Campbell and a 7th rounder, then traded at age 23 for a 2nd and a 3rd)
Every case is unique, of course, but the that Rieder lacks size or a first-round pedigree and is holding out all work against his trade value. He's a fine player and has a place on this team in the short term, but every team has at least one or two guys of his ilk, and I don't see much of a bidding war for him. Defensively responsible players capable of scoring 30-40 points are not typically hard to come by.