Good post. Disagree with the Leafs comments though. Dubas wins even if Seattle takes McCann. They gave up Hallander and a 7th to keep Kerfoot that's a W in my books.

How long did this take

Well Holland fooled you then, what you don’t know is Benson doesn’t have the foot speed to be a effective NHLer, oilers have needed LW scoring for 2 plus yrs but Benson is still in the AHL I wonder why, he’s a career AHLer

Still, you don't acquire a good player like McCann just to leave him exposed. The best case scenario for the leafs is that the Kraken takes Dermott, however, there's a lot of good defensemen out there that I would personally rather take.

Benson has had multiple stellar years in the AHL. His potential is enough to protect him over Kassian and Archibald. He has the talent to be a solid middle six forward. Even though he hasn't yet broken through doesn't mean he won't. He's definitely worth taking a chance on.

Only a few hours. There was a couple of tough spots but you end up breaking through eventually.

A good trade is a good trade. Obviously they value Holl more than Kerfoot and McCann. You're gonna lose something to Seattle either way that's unavoidable.

who would be the third goalie picked?

That’s what career AHLers do have good seasons in the AHL, he’s already 23 and has played a grande total of 7 games in the NHL, he doesn’t have the foot speed to be in the top six and doesn’t play a sound enough defensive game to play in the bottom 6 or kill penalties, where his his role at the NHL level, with the revolving door that has been the oilers bottom 9 if we had what it takes to be in the NHL we would have already seen him get a extended look with oil
Kassian’s rumoured to be on the move that’s why he was protected as the team that wants him didn’t have a protection spot for him
And Archibald would play circles around Benson is signed to a cheap deal and is a key part of the penalty kill