I know, so why would they only get smart when trading with us. If a Rick Nash rental got Spooner and a 1st, surely a full year of Max would get us more. One year of Lucic got a 13th overall, Martin Jones (later flipped for another 1st), and Colin Miller. Surely Max would fetch as much as Lucic. We're talking about a perrenial 30+ scorer who never had a better center than DD. No baggage or bad attitude, good 2 ways player, easily coachable.
As I said above, there's less rational thinking at the trade deadline than in the off-season. Dreams in early March of a Stanley Cup parade in June frequently make GM's do what are clearly irrational trades.