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Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski
I don’t disagree with your last paragraph and I’m sure people did raise those issues in this thread - after he was traded and no longer a CGY asset.
It could be that people were consistently raising those issues when he was drafted and in CGY system. I don’t recall that. I recall people commenting on how good he was in his freshman year and how good he looked playing with and against top competition at international events.
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I can only speak for myself, but I have had him behind the other D prospects each year, for those reasons (skating and size). Still a great prospect, but for a defenseman, those are legitimate concerns.
2016 voting:
Fox 18th, 6th among Dmen - I had him 24th
2017 voting:
Fox 9th, 4th among Dmen, I had him 9th (and 4th D)
So I guess I was pretty similar to the group, and yes, the general consensus had him behind the other D prospects. We don't know where he would have gone in 2018, of course - I would bet he would have climbed above Kylington, but no way he would have passed Valimaki or Andersson. And for me, I still would have had him behind Kylington as well.
Again, great prospect, but we have had a bunch of good D prospects and the general consensus had him right where people are now claiming he was.