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Originally Posted by The Cobra
Flames will lose someone in the expansion draft. Trading anyone they might lose is not a good enough reason to simply lose assets. Although I agree that the drop off from, say, Bennett, to the next guy is likely quite a bit.
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I can’t see how they wouldn’t have exposed Bennett, barring him miraculously producing the same way as he is now. And I can’t see Seattle not taking him in that case. So he still would be gone, except for nothing. I think it’s a factor that went into the decision.