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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Re Valimaki - Due to pedigree? Maybe. If he has a "Cody Ceci" career is that successful pick though? What if Liljegren has a much better career being taken one spot later?
By pure "talent evaluation", you can give Feaster credit for Kucherov since he was clearly identified as a guy they wanted.
And Fox was a throw-in in that trade. You're making it sound as if the Hurricanes managed to sign him.
Fox has accomplished nothing for the Flames. And the guy who found him was already in the organization when Feaster was here. In fact, Jim Cummins who gets credited for Fox was the same guy who found Gaudreau.
Crediting Treliving for Fox is silly.
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Valimaki based on what I can see out of him. Rumours of him busting are greatly exaggerated.
As for Fox, yes, Treliving (or more fairly his team) identified and drafted Fox. So credit. He was part of the trade - how much he was a "throw-in" you don't know, nor do I. I'm sure it wasn't voluntary on Treliving's part. And did Carolina sign him? No. Did they get something for him? yes.
Not crediting Treliving and his scouts for drafting Fox is silly.
ETA: In a do over, I'd rather they drafted Fox than anyone else who went in the second round, even knowing he wouldn't sign and would be used in a trade. No one else from round 2 has even made the NHL on a full time basis and would have just been a waste of time and energy for the farm team.