Quoting: FrankRunner
Seattle won't make the playoffs. So, at this point, this could be a good thing for them to take some picks.
As it stands, Seattle is in about the same situation as MTL where they don’t have any real center depth. Also, why would they let one of their better centers, who has won the cup twice mins you, go for only a first and a third? You also don’t know that they won’t make the playoffs. Vegas and Edmonton are most likely locks for 1 and 2 in the Pacific. However the Pacific still is guaranteed to get one more team into the playoffs. It could be one of Calgary, Vancouver, LA, or Seattle. Also, knowing MTL situation with centers, if Seattle were to do this, starting would be at the very least, 3 first round equivalents.