If vancouver or someone else jumps to 1 and takes Reinhart, we should take Bennett. Our forward prospects aren't as deep or highly talented as our defense. Keep in mind we still have Risto and Zadorov - 2 blue chip guys who could be top 2-3 d-men very soon. On top of that we have Myers, Ehrhoff, and also 2 young d-men in pysyk and mccabe. Pysyk obviously being more ready for the NHL and continuing to grow - love his game. McCabe is a bit away but he'll be sick soon if he develops well in the AHL.
On offense, we have Grigorenko and Armia in the AHL...both need this season to develop and hopefully develop really well b/c they've shown flashes of "WOW" moments. In the NHL we have Girgs, Hodgson, Ennis, etc...all young guys, but adding Bennett just adds to it.
If we take Ekblad, I don't really see it as a step forward for bolstering our needs. We need talented high end offense, and we need it badly! Then again, I do believe TM will take Ekblad if reinhart is taken first. Obviously I'm not a gm, so in TM i trust