Not really, in my time on neltharion, some twinks didn't have the trink and they are strong as hell, for example Gentikjr (not the real one), he had only half heirloom gear and the rest was from questing, and he didn't have trinket, he was able to be some who have it for he raised his crit to take down those with high HP.
So a trink does not determine who is victor and who is the one who lost, same can be said for heirloom, which is the norm for most twinks compared to those that role classic. If I recall, by your avatar, you have swords that isn't available to 19s, I know this because before hijack I fought a level 10 rogue who had those swords and was the first to reveal to the twink community about those swords. Others have the Carlos hat, etc.
So do not be discouraged for and or if one or selected persons have something and you don't, learn to combat against it.
We CANT have this item back, back before your time it was on marketplace and a crap ton of imbalances were born from it. MoP is dealing with this issue for months now and we dont want it back on cata or wotlk, as for mop the problem has been cut, but the spread has taken effect.