User blog comment:TheDoctor230/Laurel Again/@comment-26537965-20160607140036/@comment-3221148-20160607151754

Oliver has also shown an ability to stop a person's pulse, making them appear dead. In this very season, with Taiana.

He and Laurel totes pulled a Malcolm Merlyn on Star City. If Laurel Lance is dead and buried, nobody will seek her on, say, Corto Maltese. If Laurel Lance is dead, a Canary has a chance to be reborn as a much stronger vigilante than just a part-time lawyer honoring her (not actually dead) sister.