Just thought I'd quickly post an answer here to my question - just received and completed the logic board replacement. Interestingly, the small heat sinks are included with the new logic board so the only thing that needs to be moved from the older one is the large heat sink that covers the CPU and GPU. One needn't purchase the small heat sinks like iFixit suggests in their (awesome!) MBP Early 2011 logic board replacement guide.
I plan to replace the logic board for my early 2011 Macbook Pro using this iFixit guide. I gather, from the photo of the replacement logic board (IF161-078-1) in store, that the small heat sinks (item number: IF161-082-1 PCH heatsink; covering the Intel BD82HM65 Platform Controller Hub and the Intel L051NB32 EFL) are not included. Since it's not currently available in store, I was wondering if I could transfer these small heat sinks from the old board onto the new one by just cleaning/reapplying the thermal paste?