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You can't give up two premium assets that would be protected from the expansion draft for Ekholm because you'd have to leave one of McAvoy, Carlo, Grzelcyk, or Ekholm unprotected. If you kept McAvoy, Carlo, and Ekholm, Grzelcyk would be lost to Seattle, so it'd be like trading Grz, Vaak, Bjork, and a 1st for Ekholm, which is way too much. If you expose Ekholm to the draft then you trade Vaak, Bjork, and a 1st for one year of Ekholm, which would be detrimental to the long-term success of the organization.