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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
A lot of ink being spilled worried about how one guy rated Adam Fox.
And TC, Flames fans may be objective when rating our own prospects but not comparing to those of other teams was my point.
I guess are people trying to say these high ratings of Fox are wrong? Or they under valued Fox? Or no one appreciates how great our other guys are?
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I would say they are.
Something else to consider is the reciprocal impact of bias on the part of observers outside of the market. We have watched Fox closely precisely because he was Flames property and we are Flames fans. But he suddenly gained a tonne of additional outside-market attention when at first he 1) allegedly declined a contract offer from the Flames last year, and opted to return to College; 2) was then seemingly abruptly moved when it looked like the Flames would eventually lose him to UFA; 3) then again declined to sign with Carolina a year later, thus prompting another trade.
All of this activity dramatically increased Adam Fox's own visibility, and I think arguably contributed significantly to increasing his own stock elsewhere.