Don't hold your breath
I have been "hoping" for a "better" number one center at play off time since 09.
Cap era has it's sad truths
The days of solid players 1 thru 12 up front, and 1 thru 6 on the blue line are long gone.
I think every fan of every team see players on the club they dont really like, or think and improvement on that player is needed. Evey team also has their Gilbert, Emelin, Eller, etc. But the cap mandates you carry them. Ya get the most ya can out of them.
Some one mentioned the 89 finals on here the other day. Flames Habs. Look at the line ups of those two teams. Stacked with superstars and hall of famers! Go as late as the Aves against the Red Wings 02. Stacked teams through out the line up! Fourth line of Datzuik,Robitille Zetterberg.
The star players that used to dominate those line ups would be spread out over six to eight teams in the cap world of today.
If ya think you can just trade Eller and get a 35 goals scoring sniper just because Chucky and the team need one you got the wrong era.
Like Brett Hull said. "Five first line guys and fifteen carboard cut outs instructed to play the same way".