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Originally Posted by Bingo
I honestly think people need to chill out on the move Fox for fear of losing him mantra.
There's nothing in his actions to date that suggest he's a flight risk. We went through this with Gaudreau, and to a lesser extent Jankowski. On the other hand we saw they moved on Hickey which could have indicated he wouldn't sign, or maybe they had a read on his slipping play that we saw this year.
Fox has come to the development camps, he's bonded with the other Calgary college player and taken some Flame swag home. I have yet to read anything that suggests he's not going to sigh here.
Move him if it's a good deal and it returns assets that help the team now, lord knows they have four of these emerging players so at least one will get dealt. But don't move him out of panic for not signing.
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Yup.
there is a very large fear that NCAA players who remain unsigned until year 3 means they arent signing at all. SUre that possibility exists, but it doesnt occur very often at all. Most of these guys want to stay in school that 3rd, (and several for their 4th) year because they want the education. Also its a pretty sweet gig when you are 20 years old to be playing hockey for a school whilst getting a largely paid for lifestyle that most would envy.
I agree with trading Fox ONLY if there is a large upgrade up front that he can help seal a deal on. Preferably though, its Kylington that is the guy that does that for BT. Fox is going to be a really good player, OK just doesn't have the same upside IMO.