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Originally Posted by calgaryblood
You think currently Ferland is anything more than a third line RWer? Gillies can't even take an AHL starter job and he's not a long shot? Fox hasn't even played a professional game yet.
Some of the homer opinions on Flame players is sad. Reminds me of Oiler fans opinions in their non playoff years.
Fox and Gillies are long shot prospects to anyone who follows prospects and just doesn't call themselves a draft expert on the Internet.
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Jesus.
I literally just watched a long feature segment on Adam Fox on the NHL network. They compared him to Kevin Shattenkirk and had interview after interview where teammates and coaches were astonished by his level of playmaking ability. He pushed Harvard to one of their best seasons ever and they were in the Frozen Four because of his contributions.
Ok, so we're hedging bets because he's still in college? I mean, there's no other players we drafted that went to college who turned out to be good pros, right? Who could blame us for being skeptical?
The thing with being a pessimist is that, on average, you'll be right far more than you're wrong. The problem with being a pessimist is you'll fail to enjoy anything in life because you'll be waiting for the other shoe to drop. It's a miserable existence.