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Or it is just as simple as:

Flames gets two long term controlled assets

in exchange for

One mid term controlled asset, a short term asset, and an uncertain asset.

Treliving saying there was an issue is probably just alluding to the fact that Fox was not a controlled asset. I didn't necessarily read it like Tre saying that Fox wouldn't sign, just that there was no guarantee that he would. Which is why he was included in the deal to land two pieces that Tre felt would be long term core pieces.

I'm beginning to think that Hamilton's value wasn't that high. Many people are now seeing how poor he is defensively. Not only that, but he stunted Giordano's offense as well. If a team was scouting Hamilton, they would have seen how flawed he was. I really don't think his value was all that high. Coupled with the fact that the second asset was a soon to be UFA 40 point forward with concussion issues, meant that the Flames had to give up something with greater potential. Fox was by no means a "throw in" as some like to make it out to be, he was an uncertain asset with value that was needed to balance out the flawed assets that Hamilton and Ferland were.