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Originally Posted by blankall
It's hard to say that the Flames got screwed by this, as there's a reason Fox went 66th overall, and not in the first round. However, the current system is just ridiculous.
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Was he otherwise expected to go that high though? I'm just digging through some old 2016 draft rankings as Fox was not a projected 1st rounder...and with no mention of signing risk as a reason why. Looks like dangerous play was his downside. Coming at a time when the shut-down Kings had just won two cups, perhaps risky D men weren't the flavour of the draft.
Seems to me like the Flames did snipe a top player here, and the quality drafting should have been rewarded.
55th here
https://www.tsn.ca/matthews-goes-wir...spect-1.511597
31st here
https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/top-10...ry?id=39091742
https://www.habseyesontheprize.com/2...hts-defenceman
Here he cracked the top 30 in 3 of 15 lists...with 27th being the highest position.
http://www.mynhldraft.com/2016-draft...raft-rankings/