The last time two players were selected at that position that high was 16 years ago when Dany Heatley went No. 2 to the Atlanta Thrashers and Marian Gaborik went No. 3 to the Minnesota Wild at the 2000 draft in Calgary.
If the 2016 draft, which will be held at First Niagara Center in Buffalo on June 24-25, goes according to how most project, Zurich center Auston Matthews will be selected No. 1 followed by Laine and Puljujarvi.
Laine (6-foot-4, 201 pounds), No. 2 on NHL Central Scouting's final ranking of international skaters eligible for the 2016 draft, had seven goals and 12 points at the 2016 IIHF World Championship and was named tournament MVP for Finland, which won the silver medal.