Progression and development of players is not a perfect science, I don't have a crystal ball, I can't sit here and say they're gonna become 90 pts player. But from what I've seen, I'm willing to take the gamble that they're going to be impact players. I've never said I didn't care, I don't know how you came to that understanding from what I've said. I think I've made it pretty clear as to why I would rather keep 2 centers than have a winger+center combo.
Yes, you rather keep 2 centers because they're harder to find and more valuable. Nobody is arguing against that.
The little issue though is Suzuki/KK are young, still unknown with the most points being Suzuki's 41pts this year. So we're not just talking about generalities here, otherwise I agree, you always keep the centers.
But here we are dealing with unknowns vs a known. We know Huberdeau can produce at a very high end level. KK/Suzuki are not there, we can't even say that they'll ever reach that high either.
That is worth considering.
And I might have came off as criticizing but it's just hard to comprehend why after years of looking for centers, we would trade one of them for a winger. That's cutting our odds in half for finally getting that #1 guy. I rather have two shots than put all my eggs in one basket. And for Huberdeau to be that 90 point guy here, he's going to need a center of Barkov's caliber. Are you 100% sure either one KK or Suzuki will be on that level? Which one would you trade? What if you trade the wrong one and now have to watch him flourish playing for a divisional rival? Trading for Huberdeau is tasking a risk also, not as much of a sure thing as you may think.
Every trade is a risk, so that's not much of an argument.
Btw, it's not even just Suzuki/KK....Domi managed to score 72pts with average-at-best wingers two seasons ago but for some reason we moved him on the wing and down the line up this season.
You move KK for Huberdeau as an example, you put Domi back as a top 2 center, and you have Suzuki keep developing on the same track.
If that works, you have two top 2 centers again, and you got yourself a high end 90 pt winger as well.
Anyways we're not getting Huberdeau so it's a bit pointless. I respect either decision of doing a trade or not. My issue was you dumping on people who would. I don't think that was a fair. There's nothing irrational about doing this.