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Originally Posted by The Yen Man
He was still a valuable trade chip, and even if he had inkling's of potentially not signing, it's a 3rd round pick. You draft him first, and figure that stuff out later. It was still absolutely the right choice by the Flames to take him where he was.
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Yup. Any number of things could happen, so you draft him. Plus, it’s entirely possible he wasn’t forthright in interviews at that point (if they were even interviewing third round prospects).
How many third rounders don’t even turn into trade chips?