Yes its really all that simple. You are so much smarter than us.
I understand, and my comment is a bit tongue in check.
But the amount of digital venom being spewed is a bit overboard, IMO.
Are they great - even
good - prospects? No.
Did I hope to get more in return for both Jagr and Roy? Yes.
Would I rather have two 2nds instead of a 2nd and those two prospects? Yes.
This is a classic case of posters thinking that HFBoards valuations are anything remotely close to reality. Posters - fans from several teams - assumed that the prospects Boston offered for Jagr would be the same as the prospects offered for Morrow & Iginla, and somehow the groupthink led to that becoming the standard by which the trade would be judged. Any more from either side and one GM is the greatest ever while the other should be immediately fired.
What if the next best offer was a 2nd + a 4th + a low-end prospect? Then Joe did well to get a 2nd that could turn into a 1st, right?