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Not so crazy idea: Gilly uses Heartsbane to defend Sam. (Probably not against the Night King.)  There's a certain symmetry: Sam used a dragonglass dagger to kill an Other that was going for Gilly's baby.

Yes, Chekov's gun is apt. We will see Sam in battle, but he's more likely to drop the sword than use it effectively. (He's better with a crossbow.)  Sam drops Heartsbane, Gilly picks it up.

Sam's crucial role will be finding a large cache of dragonglass weapons (clues in the library). He'll take them North, just in time to arm Daenerys' Dothraki warriors. Armed with dragonglass, who better to fight the Army of the Dead?