Giving up an extra forward probably is the preference, since we might be losing one in the expansion draft in any case. If Bennett is rumoured to have some value, and keeps building that during the year, he (or one of Mangiapane or Dube) becomes an attractive adder to the deal for Eichel. I ideally wouldn't want to lose any of them, but with the Seattle draft looming, wouldn't it be preferable to get some value as opposed to losing them for nothing.
Draft protection: Eichel, Tkachuk, Gaudreau, Lindholm/Monahan, 3 of Backlund/Mangiapane/Dube/Bennett.
Draft Protection D: Andersson, Hanifin, Giordano/Tanev
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