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Personally, I do not do this if I'm CBJ.
Lindholm is a great player and you have to give to get, sure. But Marchenko, and to a lesser extent Sillinger, are important stylistic building blocks of the team going forward. Marchenko is the only skilled player that can play along the wall and bring pucks to the middle. He's disruptive and a talented goal-scorer. We don't have any more of those on the roster unless you are a massive fan of Texier.
Sillinger, while certainly rushed to the NHL, failed last year because he didn't have a strong supporting cast and he's primarily an off-puck player. He succeeded with veteran wings like Nyquist, Bjorkstrand and Voracek. If we are strong on the wings, he's exactly what we'll be looking for in 2 years time when we need secondary offense to push forward in the contention window. It's possible we move him for a player as talented as Lindholm but not in combination with another "young-core" player like Marchenko.