Stepan return or better Draft day in MTL (otherwise there's no upside for MTL to sell)
A top 10 OA pick and a Prospect with the better the pick lower obligations on a prospect being one of your top prospects
(Example i believe it was a # 7 OA they gave up in the deal lowering the obligation to a D'angelo over a Core piece like Chykrin)

Outside that no way Claude Julien lets MB sell the guy he keeps calling his Bergeron and he calls Suzuki his new Krejci to as well as compared Gallagher to Marchand(he doesnt call Domi his anything oddly enough )

At the time of the trade Stepan had more than twice as much term left on his contract as Danault and was also part of a package with Raanta. You won't get a top 10 pick plus a prospect for Danault, especially in this draft

Bonino - I'd guess either a 2nd + prospect or two picks

like i said above MTL isnt looking to get rid of him
only an overpay will do

Stepan had double the term but has double the cap hit with the same production
unlike Stepan who's a horrible faceoff Center his entire career
Danault has almost 10% on him with a 55% average win rate taking draws in the top 5 in the NHL

Overall Danault's >Stepan is value wise to any contender because he does more for less

Personally i'd rather a top 10 in next years draft .
we got no chance at Lafreniere in reality given we've only had i believe 3 first overalls and only 1 lived up to the hype in Guy Lafleur drafted 50 years ago.

that being said L'heaueux is a frigging beast and called the Road Runner for obvious reasons .
Point per game 16 year old QMJHL rookie and last i checked top rookie in the league
he was projected top 15 but is climbing as his team succeeds mounting 7-10 game win streaks multiple times this year.

if we got this our PP would never be wasted as the last player i seen this dominate this young on special teams was Radulov .