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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
This has been stated before with no evidence
Why would the Flames include him the deal as a non factor? Out of the goodness of their heart?
He had value as proven by the fact the Canes eventually moved him for two seconds when his risk of becoming a ufa was even greater
On what basis can you say the trade gets done “no matter what”?
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It was probably a factor, like a 4th rounder would be a factor, but not one that would stop a massive deal like that going through. NCAA prospects that are determined to become UFAs just aren't worth a lot in trades.
Of course I don't know for sure, but the way I imagine it went down was Carolina was asking for draft pick or prospect to offset the chance of Ferland leaving after a year, and Treliving countered with the rights to Fox. Carolina probably knew it was a long shot to sign him.
I really doubt that Carolina wanted a star defenseman like Hamilton, but the rights to an NCAA prospect dead set on becoming a free agent was the factor that would stop the trade from happening. The Flames would have just included another low value asset.