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Not sure the Hawks would have done that. I am guessing part of the calculus of dealing McCabe and Lafferty to Toronto was the fact that Chicago held the first rounders this year and next from Tampa. You can argue how much impact either really had, but they certainly help win a late regular season game to make the Tampa pick better and helped knock Tampa out of the playoffs locking up at worst the #20OA. Second, the Toronto first is the season after Mathews needs to be resolved (either leaving or eating more cap making Toronto more top heavy)