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Originally Posted by jayswin
And that's the thing, if he's committed to going back to school for a third year over signing with us it starts to look pretty clear that he's intent on all four years and getting a degree (which makes total sense when it's Harvard).
And unfortunately for us, getting a degree is means about 95% chance he's going to free agency. I know many are optimistic but I see our best bet with Fox is a trade this summer.
There'll be no option for a good return next off season if he announces he's going back as teams pretty much know they're trading for nothing.
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You're not getting a meaningfull return for him either way without having him under contract. It's either toss him into a mediocre trade a la Hickey or hang on and hope the player is as irrationally loyal as Jankowski.
College players are as risk-reward as Russians. Perhaps bigger since Russians don't get to choose NHL teams.