Once a Kings Fan Too
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Absolutely not. We're trying to build a team here, not showcase individual talents.
Connor McDavid is the best hockey player in the world, no dispute. Matthews and Tavares are the next-best one-two punch to McDavid and Draisaitl. Alex Ovechkin is the best pure goal scorer on skates. Other than one fluke, top-heavy teams don't win Stanley Cups. (I think it can be reasonably argued that Tampa Bay is still a contender without their number-one-overall-pick Steven Stamkos -- they've had enough experience without him.)
We will trade futures for superstars, but we won't trade multiple potential future superstars for individual players.
I don't think you'd get that kind of deal from our competitors up the freeway, and they have more, and more valuable, future assets than the Ducks do.