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It might be Sidney Freaking Crosby, but you're not trading prime Crosby, you're trading 37 year old Crosby. His best hockey has already been played, and his performance will continue to decline. He's probably got a good 3 years of top 6 production in him, but not much past that.
You could command Dach, who is a project, and a protected pick, but that's about it.
Pretty sure the reason that Guentzel went for so little was that A: Dubas bungled the negotiations and priced out bidders, and B, because Pitts prospect/pick pool is so shallow, a quantity return actually was appealing to try and restock the cupboard with youth.