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The plan all along was not to move the 3rd overall pick as we value quality over quantity and knew we'd get a good player there.

However, none of the top 5 guys this year really knock our socks off and we have the utmost confidence in our scouting to draft gems later on so...

The 3rd overall pick, along with the 48th overall pick have just been dealt to the Columbus Blue Jackets.

In return, we receive the 16th overall pick, 18th overall pick, goalie Mark Visentin and left winger Ville Leino.

We coveted Leino and really he was the key to the deal for us. Visentin give us a much-needed goalie prospect to groom and the two mid-firsts will still allow us to either draft two good players or use them to move up into the top 10 if there's someone left on the board we want.

We now have three first-round picks (16, 18, 28). Thanks to Dave for the talks.