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Originally Posted by Wolven
It is basically a duplicate of the "trade for first" question. Unlike Seth Jones, Ekblad has been in the conversation for first overall since before his draft year. Now that the draft is nearly upon us, I doubt Ekblad will pull a Jones and drop to us in fourth because Ekblad has always been considered better than Jones.
Either we trade to acquire Ekblad or we hope and pray that he drops but with the understanding that he will not.
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Ekblad has never been considered better than Jones from everything I've read. Jones was also in the mix for first overall from before his draft year, him and MacKinnon were at the 2012 draft and interviewed by TSN. Perhaps the only thing Ekblad has over Jones in his draft year is his body is more NHL ready.
The reason he won't pull a Jones at the draft is the forwards aren't as good, and Edmonton wasn't picking third last year.