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Originally Posted by Kickazzflames
I am extremely frustrated at how much power NCAA players have. It's dumb that a player as promising as Fox has the option of pretty much becoming a UFA after 4 years of college. The rights of a player in college should extend 1-2 years after they graduate. That way the team that drafted these players have the ability to sign them to go pro.
No one knows everything behind the curtain here, but to me it doesn't feel right that we didn't use the next two years to try and work something out with Fox. However, if he still had no intention of ever playing for Calgary I am okay with trading him.
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Its no more power than junior players have.
If a jr. player is drafted, but doesn't want to sign, after 2 years he will be re-entered in the draft. If drafted again he has 2 years to sign and if he does not do so, he becomes UFA IIRC.
As for "working something out woth Fox"? Treliving tried. Right up until the draft began on Friday he was talking to AF representatives. Its pretty obvious he was told that AF wasn;t signing with Calgary. As such there was no option but to deal him. That deal happened to be the Hanifin/Lindholm trade that doesnt happen without AF being included.