That doesn't matter, how many teams have a true #1 D? How easy are they to find? You don't move an established player as young as Jones and with as much upside as Jones unless it was for a player of Eichel / McDavid's calibre which would never happen anyways.
He isn't worth an eichel or mcdavid in my mind
When the preds currently have weber, josi and ellis... may as well take a chance
Problem with jones is at the moment there's zero chance he can unseat josi or weber on first pairing.
Jones stats were largely stagnant outside of +/- from rookie season and the preds have essentially neal and forsberg up front and... that's about it.
You're not going to get the first or the 2nd. The other Cs on the market aren't going to be anywhere near as good or they're too old or too expensive.
Strome is a big body C that they desperately need yesterday