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If we trade Laine, we need a for-real top-6 C coming back. Patrick is clearly not that, as you have demonstrated by not even including him in the final roster. Not to mention Gostisbehere's contract potentially getting in the way of retaining more important folks in the 2022 offseason.
Domi isn't going to be exposed in the expansion draft; while he's not great at C, he's still one of our better options, so giving him away for free is not sensible.
Merzlikins is on the inside track to be our starter full-time; he's not being traded for something that low.
The Erikkson trade is probably the only one we'd actually consider. Everything else is awful.