I think you have to look at this situation in two different ways.
1. the Jackets love Pululjarvi but either like the draft day attention, or want to entertain if someone will do something stupid. In this scenario you need to overpay for the move up three spots.
2. they don't want to take Pululjarvi with their 3rd pick because they like Brown and say Dubois better. If this is the case, they've secretly devalued their own draft spot and are looking to move down and take say Brown plus pick up assets. They are hoping someone over pays as in case 1 above, but in the end will select a more traditional return because that's better than just taking Brown at number 3 and being second guessed for 15 years.
If it's one you kick tires and move on.
If it's two, then things get interesting as the Canucks and Oilers don't have 2nd round picks and the Flames have three. Additionally, moving beyond the Flames pick is dangerous if you want your pick of centers.
So to me silliness like Gaudreau and Bennett and Backlund don't enter the discussion. It's all what Columbus thinks.
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