I've done that comparison before. Roughly speaking, and matched up by position:
Gilmour >>>> Leeman
Macoun >> Petit
Nattress >> Godynyuk
Manderville > Berube
Wamsley > Reese
Petit and Reese were possibly better than Nattress and Manderville. I think it's fair to say that Risebrough gave up the three best players in the deal and got the three worst.
I understand there were liability issues that made the Flames want to unload Gilmour. But, geez Louise, trading Gilmour for Leeman one for one would have been bad enough. There was no earthly reason to bundle four more one-for-one trades in and lose every one of them.
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