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I'm not sure why you're suggesting the Ducks are getting the better of things in that trade. The Athletic's pick values have them exactly equal, but teams moving up generally overpay by about 10-20%. I'd expect if the trade were going to happen it would be 5+27ish for 3 which is the lower end of that (an 11.76% overpay), the Habs potentially throw in something additional.
The other move-up is in a similar range...12+51 for 9 is an 11.11% overpay, I'd expect the Flyers need to throw in a bit more. This is especially true because I suspect the Sharks would bid against them..14+33 would be a 22.22% overpay, if the Flames think the player they're targeting will still be available at 14 they probably take that. Of course if the Sharks knew Buium would still be there at 14 they wouldn't bother with the trade.