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Would you trade Buchnevich, Georgiev, and a 1st for Bennett, Puljujarvi, or G.Reinhart?
Those are 3 of the last 7 4th overall selections.
IF you are trading a top 10 pick, you are trading it for additional prospects/picks or in a package for a more established player that is further along in their development.
#4 OA is not enough for Zibenejad.
If you are confident Buchnevich is a top 6 player and not a middle 6'er. That's about fair value. There's still a risk he's only a middle 6'er, but the pick has the risk of not even being an NHL'er. If you wait until a player establishes themselves as a top 6'er, the pick alone is no longer enough. Both teams have to be confident in what they are getting and assume a certain amount of risk, but the team giving up the established player is almost always assuming the larger risk.