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Originally Posted by LWcrowfoot
I know. We're in agreement. Some people suggested he's a throw in, and I was disagreeing with that and saying it shouldn't be viewed that way. I don't know why I'm giving that away weight, maybe because it's a discussion forum and I was replying to it.
As for Fox being viewed as "not much value" in the trade. Those thoughts are my own at the time of the trade. With some hindsight perhaps I've either overvalued Hamilton or Ferland and undervalued Lindholm. The deal seemed close as a 2v2, Fox seemed like a massive sweetener. Perhaps I'm wrong, that's a possibility too.
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Ferland was overvalued by many in their evaluation of the trade. He's a good scorer when on his game, but he is also in the final year of his contract, after which he is a UFA. All the players who came to Calgary in the deal had more years of team control than all of the players who went the other way (including Fox, who can sign with any team he wants to after the end of the current season).