Well I would present you with the stats that say he sucks but iirc you don't believe in them. Blanket assertions are more your thing. But mine are better because they rhyme.
Why make a deadline deal now? The point of a deadline deal is to see what good player busts loose, get him for less cap implications, and fill holes that pop up. So we trade Gunnerson and sign a forward. Ok, then Sanford, Kyrou, Barbashev and Thomas all make a case for being NHL ready, while Dunn regresses and Boumeester gets hurt. We have a **** ton of forwards and no D. Better to wait and see how our roster looks than make a move because some crappy ass hockey player was born in StL and is big.
Rattie was on a higher ppg pace than Maroon playing with McDavid. Case closed on your argument that you have to be good to suceed with him.