You dont trade a 30 goal scorer for penuts. Dude skates just as fast as mcdavid. He is our second best player and pur best winger.
This is delusional. When MacKinnon was blowing by Kyrou in the clutch moment of a tied playoff elimination game, were you still filled with pride in Kyrou's speed? "Skates just as fast as McDavid" and yet can't/won't/doesn't backcheck consistently. Weak on the puck. Completely inconsistent. Not in the top three goal scorers on the team. Parayko, Buchnevich, Thomas, Binnington, Faulk at a minimum are superior players. Neighbours is on his way to being a better hockey player. Neighbours is a guy coaches love whereas Kyrou is a born coach killer.
Kyrou also compares somewhat unfavorably with the vanilla Brandon Saad. Saad can be deployed in a hardmatch against the MacKinnon line and still produce points whereas you could not do that with Kyrou, he would be eaten alive. Obviously Schenn is on the downside of his career but has been a far better hockey player than Kyrou.
It's hard when you haven't watched hockey super long to really appreciate the defensive side of a player's game and how important it is to their quality as a hockey player. When you're young, you think it's points and skill level of a guy's A game. What's strange is having this debate when he's not even top 3 in goal scoring on the team and is certainly paid like he is expected to lead that category year in and year out.
As for "trading him for penuts" you may have noticed I stated the Blues shouldn't trade him unless they are getting a high end D prospect back which I do not think will happen since high end D prospects are so completely the opposite of either penuts or peanuts. Yet, you believe that is an argument against what I'm saying. That's a "you reading comp" thing though, so all in all I'd grade your whole reply as a failure.