I hate the idea of trading Bennett but one guy I've seen in the rumours that I might not mind getting back would be Nichushkin from Colorado. Similar pedigree to Bennett as he was a top 10 pick too. Plays a power game and has good underlying defensive numbers. The difference? he's a pure winger opposed to Bennett who I think is best at centre. Plus he's comfortable on RW despite shooting left. And I think unlike Bennett he has accepted his role of a 3rd line winger.
I think at 6'4 220 he'd be a perfect fit with Backlund and Mangiapane on line 3 or could even catch some lightning in a bottle with Johnny and Monahan similar to what Ferland did.
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