Same argument was said about ROR. And Blues won a cup with him as Smythe winner and Buf got almost nothing in return and Bergland went back to Europe.
Spent the last 8 years being conservative watching all our great prospects evaporate into nothing. Didn't work. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again. I remember people arguing we can't give up Phoeling because he scored a hat trick against the leafs and ROR isn't a 1st line center. Don't fall too in love with prospects they will just break your heart. We are still waiting for AG to become our number 1 70 point center. Big Mac, Scherback, Beau, Tinordi all guys we couldn't trade because they will become good one day.
You have a shot at a true elite Center you throw the pieces out there. In the end Buffalo probably will make a bad deal and it won't even cost us that much real talent, just assumed talent. But FLA probably trades for him a bunch of scraps and a decent prospect and then we can as fans whine about how there are all these great centers in our divison and we got nothing.