Put my vote in for Jack Eichel. He IMO faced much tougher competition than McDavid last year, and while Bennett has gotten some playoff experience this year, most of it has been on the left wing, which isn't where we need/want him playing long term as we have enough quality, natural LWs to fill two NHL rosters (Gaudreau, Hudler, Bouma, Colborne, Ferland, Byron, Granlund, Poirier, Bollig, Wolf, Raymond, Klimchuk, Agostino, Elson). The center position will be brand new to Bennett at NHL level, and we saw that affect Nathan MacKinnon's production this year. Eichel will adjust quicker than McDavid and Bennett IMO.
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