I like Jones, but I still don't like this trade for Columbus - you don't trade a big, young, skilled #1 centre unless you get one in return or have another already in place.
Ya, Johansen held out last season, but then so did Iginla in 1999 (missed the first three games of the season) and no one (outside of this board) ever accused him of attitude problems. And any questions about his holding out should have been answered by the great season he had last year. To me this looks like the Jackets chose Tortarella over Johansen, which is a terrible choice.
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