Quoting: OldNYIfan
First two full seasons:
Auston Matthews: 144 games, 69 and 63 points = 132 points
Mitch Marner: 159 games, 61 and 69 points = 130 points
Trevor Zegras: 156 games, 61 and 65 points = 126 points
William Nylander: 163 games, 61 and 61 points = 122 points
John Tavares*: 161 games, 54 and 67 points = 121 points (* with NY Islanders, of course)
Now, I'm not saying that Trevor Zegras is the equal of any of these players, or even all that close to them, but the frequent take that he's not that good a hockey player reveals a stunning ignorance. And there are some subtle indications that Toronto was a better team over the last 7 seasons (starting with 2016-2017) than Anaheim was over the past two.
The thing is even if Verbeek is listening to offers on Zegras he's certainly not going to give him away.
Zegras will get a substantial return if Verbeek decides to trade him.
It may not be as high as what Ducks fans on CFACGM believe.
But it certainly won't be as low as what non Ducks fans on CFACGM believe.
It'll be closer however to what Ducks fans think in my opinion.
There seems to be a prevailing trend on CFACGM.
Trash the player you want to acquire thus lowering his value so you can justify a lowball offer.
Then place him on your number 1 line, number 1 D pair or number 1 goalie.
Funny how that works.
The player sucks and I'll give up nothing because reasons. 🤔
But as soon as he's on my team he's good again. 😁