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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Anything more than a 2nd round and an average prospect is too much to protect Gio. They could have easily kept Bennett to use as expansion fodder to shield Seattle from selecting Gio, but instead acquired a 2nd rounder and Heineman. Seattle would have surely picked Bennett is he was available, I am sure of it.
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Bennett had nothing to do with the fact that we have three younger defensemen that need to be protected and that protecting a fourth would have resulted in losing Mangiapane or Dube.
EDIT: or is your argument that with Bennett and Giordano unprotected, they'd have chosen Bennett over Gio? I doubt that. Gio is a culture setter and a prime deadline trade bait for Seattle ... Bennett did nothing in Calgary that would make Seattle think twice.