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Originally Posted by Bonded
I mean how do you know when they interviewed Fox that he wasn't saying all the right things? You are painting it like they interviewed him and he told them to eff off and he only wanted to sign with the Rangers. Fox was picked somewhere close to where he was expected to go. I'd rather get an asset out of a third round pick than a bust. Do you also want to start drafting Hunter Smith's and Keegan Kanzig's over skilled players cause of their size?
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This might have been the case for Tim Erixon. I doubt there was any reason not to draft him at the time of the draft.
It wasn't until two years later that he decided he didn't want to sign with the team due to the unlikelihood of making the team.
Either way, Erixon is probably the type of jerk that the Flames should try to avoid in the first round. But even with him, the Flames got pretty good return via trade. Two second round picks and Roman Horak wasn't bad at all.