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McMichael is the same age as Zegras and having a much better year ...
I really don't get the Zegras love. Best case scenario he becomes prime Kuzy (which admittedly is very very good) but worst case scenario -- and how he's been playing this year -- he is just current day Kuzy. People always expect young players to linearly get better every year just because they're young (Caps fans are incredibly guilty of this, especially with McM and Protas) but sometimes they stall out or even regress. Think about how high the expectations were for Domi, Drouin, Boeser, Duclair, even D Strome after their first 2 seasons in the league and the paths their careers have taken since
Basically, this is a package I would expect gets you a bona-fide top line play driver -- just look at the Hertl and Horvat deals recently. Zegras isn't that yet and I have lots of doubts he ever will be.