I don't want to weigh in too heavily here, but I agree with Jiri and Tinordi.
Jones looks like a class above the rest. That might be because of his birthdate and size making him appear more mature than his peers, but the actual facets of his game aren't like Phaneuf when he was blowing away his peers.
He's more Pronger than anything else, and I would have to think long and hard about not taking him with the 1st overall.
Jones is clearly a step above players like Hedman and Johnson when they were drafted. None of those guys really dominated in the way Jones does.
He could easily turn out to be a Rob Blake/Larry Robinson-esque player. Quietly dominant physically with a game predicated upon hockey IQ.
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