Quoting: littlejerryseinfeld
No he isnt
this is like arguing Chocolate Milk vs White Milk
Its Milk and though different are more or less on the same level with trade offs one might consider negative on both sides.
Necas is a better Playmaker , slightly better defensively
Caufield the better Goal Scorer slightly worse defensively
Caufields no worse off then Necas at his age is the rub as CC has time on his side and a sweet contract.
Trade off is Necas can take Faceoffs at least as much as Drouin did
As is Cole's on pace to beat Necas offense at the same age.
I like Necas alot but he's taken longer to do less.
It'd be different if he was a True Center already partially developed like you got with Kotkanemi
But he's not so its not really worth giving up Goal Scoring on a team that needs it