Quoting: vikhodush
Acciari for a first is a wild statement. Wish I could sell you something.
Its only because of all the Center's available , and there's a lot
There's really only 5 with a positive Win rate over 50%
No one can tell me Eric Staal as slow and beat up as he was before washing out of the league for a year was worth a 3rd and a 5th round pick , but he got it and his 50% win rate which come playoffs helped proprel their 4th line with Perry and Armia to the most producive line behind Toffoli-Suzuki-Caufield .
Tomas Plekanec in his worst season to that point also before washing out of the league the next year got a 2nd round pick and two prospects MTL flipped for Kulak.
Martin Hanzl got a 1st ,2nd and 4th round pick i believe it was from MIN and there was plenty of teams willing to pay almost as much.
All these players share something in common despite being acquired in different years outside the fact they were all struggling and washed out of the league not to long after.
What they share in common is that year there were little to no Center options and a ton of teams in the playoff hunt buying just like this year.
I'm not saying last year or next year Accari could get that.
Just like the odds of Brandon Hagel getting the return he got last year would have happened the year before that or this year.
Circumstances define value in a Capitalist based Supply vs Demand style Trade Deadline.
Accari's not only one of the better faceoff guys available he's got the most hits and a strong checking style playing on good teams over the years providing valuable depth.
Its also why injured or not Oreilly and Monahan will get people willing to pay for them as the alternative is just acquiring another body to lose faceoffs rather then give those minutes to an internal option. Atleast in acquiring those guys injured or not the have someone to work with their younger Center's trying to get a positive win rate .
That said i get what you're saying and outside this year i'd generally agree with you