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Old 11-09-2017, 07:13 PM   #658
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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher View Post
I don't agree with the notion that there's nothing to lose by hanging on to him. Don't you think the Islanders are happy they traded Griffin Reinhart (another 4th OA) when they did, rather than wait a season or two for his value to decline to nothing? 16th and 33rd picks would actually looking pretty good right now.
Sure, but the point you're missing from posters there is that Reinhart still had significant value, though diminished. Bennett does not have that, he's passed the point of getting a decent return before a bad one later, so that's why you keep him at this point.
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