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Originally Posted by 868904
This has been discussed before, it doesn’t matter what “he said, she said”, Fox was not signed and therefore there was uncertainty to the asset. It was a devalued asset. If he signs with the Hurricanes, the value goes up but that’s the risk the Canes took. The Flames eliminated the risk and got the certain and sure asset.
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I'm not sure I understand. The question is what value the Flames received for him in the trade. They certainly received something but it's very difficult to ascertain what exactly without knowing what comparable asset would have completed the trade. Would a 3rd round pick in his place have gotten the deal done? Would it have taken a 2nd? Or was he the lynchpin to the whole deal?
Of course the rights to Fox are worth less than if he was signed. That is not up for debate, but how much less is. And I think the comments by some that he was never going to sign here (impossible to know) or that he can belong to anyone in a year (simply false) are attempts to paint the value the Flames gave up as less than what it actually was. And if you look at Fox's play this year and ignore potential sign-ability risks, then you are guilty of the opposite.
But certainly we have seen players traded for good value before where the team holding his rights was "backed into a corner" but still able to garner enough interest from other teams to yield nice returns.
The quality of the draft pick of the Flames organizations looks to be exceptional. They drafted a great prospect in the 3rd round, but even that ultimately is tempered by the factor he remained unsigned.