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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
When it comes to Jones I am concerned about how long he would want to play in a Northern Canadian city. I feel chances of retaining him when he is UFA is lower than a Canadian born player. There seems to be a preference for top American Born players to play for US teams. I know this long term stuff is just small part of the big picture but I feel you have to evaluate everything.
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To be fair management will interview all the prospects in the top 40 (even more?), and some will have more than 1 interview so problems like this come up. Obviously players can lie and say they'd love to spend their entire career in Calgary, but I'm sure our scouts realize these kinds of things.