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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
I would also not be surprised if the reason Fox slipped to the 3rd round because teams suspected, based on his interview answers) that he would want to control where he plays even if it meant staying in university until the end. The Flames took a chance and it didn't pay off, but when it comes to a player with that level of skill, I think you need to roll the dice outside of the 1st and 2nd round.
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This is a really good point, and I think you could very well be right. But by the same token it is a mistake to think about drafting Fox in the Third Round as not paying off. Quite to the contrary, I think that the Flames got a lot of value out of that pick; if Fox was not as good of a prospect as he was at the time of the trade, the Flames would likely have had to include another more valuable prospect or a pick. Letting Fox go meant keeping Andersson and Kyllington, which is not a bad deal to make.