MS they won't need to pay that high a price because the 1.2 ( if correct ) will stop us matching their offer.
In reality they don't have to give us "diddle squat" for Gaff if we cant match the offer.
It would only be to Norths benefit to throw some thing our way so that trade relations are not soured in the future, no bad blood so to speak.
But North are not Geelong who have a reputation of trading fairly and are honourable to their players and opposition Clubs at the trade table.
The best situation that we can hope for is that Connors and Gaff assist us with getting fair compensation, failing that we are sadly at the mercy of the AFL's flawed system that will only net us a pick after our first rounder.
As much as I cant stand Connors I will acknowledge that he did help us get better compensation from Carlton in the Judd trade that we would have otherwise gained , but also a large part of that was Judd driven as he insisted that West Coast weren't screwed over by the move.
******* SUCKS

but thats the way it may well play out.