Show me where I said he missed a ton games vs just games. But I can show you that Rosen is 176 lbs now, not “155 soaking wet” like you said earlier

Agree to disagree. Players being traded are compared all the time.

176 eh? Heh. Not even the Americans are claiming that high.

Check Dobber, the people that actually update things like that. Or Elite Prospects. And it is 174, my bad

Yeah, comps matter on cap dumps and depth defensemen. You are trying to cram two very different situations into the same hole, but it don't fit.

- Guentzel was a TDL UFA being shopped around. Buch has a full season and he is not available, but Army will listen in case anyone wants to blow him away. They are plotting extension talks. Already we have wildly different scenarios.

- Pittsburgh is in a totally different situation with regards to right now. They want to maintain a shot at competing with Sid and Geno and Letang and EK, so Bunting was a solid get for them. It would not be one for the Blues.

- Similarly, the Pens have a nearly barren prospect pool, whereas the Blues are about top 10, depending on who you ask. The Pens clearly went for some organizational depth for the future, the Blues would not be doing that (nor would they agree to spread the value across six pieces or whatever). They'd want specific types of players at specific positions who are closer to ready if possible, and two, maybe three pieces tops.

There's no simple check the other trade comp to be made here with Guentzel, or most anyone else you could bring up.

They matter on more than that, but that’s fine, I’m not going to round and round. If Pitt wanted to keep the window with Sid there open, trading Guentzel should have been the last thing they did, imo.

I mean you’re communicating with fans on a site where the premise is building salary cap darlings without getting actual on ice results.

You’re never going to be happy trading a guy like that while trying to be in a competitive window. But it’s far too early to tell if those players are as worthless as they probably beleive them to be right now.

Let’s look at a team like Boston. Who is the last truly exciting prospect they’ve had, top of the pool destined for greatness? Probably haven’t had one since McAvoy. But they still churn out guys like Poitras that come expectedly out of nowhere. Last year the echo was Boston doesn’t have good enough prospects aside from Lohrei to warrant a considerable trade. Poitras was in that pool. Guys rise and fall yearly. It’s a volatile game.