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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
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No it did not. Trading for Dougie Hamilton got us Lindholm and Hanifin.
You can't seriously believe Adam Fox was the cornerstone of that deal.
Even a year later, after putting up 48 points in 33 games in hockey east as a Dman all he got the Canes was two 2nd round picks from the Rangers.
EDIT: Also, that is the point. Teams should not have to asses the risk of a college player bolting on them. There is already enough risk in the draft when choosing players. You should be able to draft the player you believe will be the best pick in the long run and not have to factor in crap like them running to a preferred team. Especially when the preferred team is usually just a handful of certain teams in the league who now have an unfair advantage over the rest of the teams which undermines the draft entirely.
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Not only that, but this makes the draft very unfair in that some teams will have a decided advantage if they are more desired destinations. It's bad enough when free agents will sign for much lower AAVs in preferred destinations; if drafted players can also choose their team, then the competitive balance of the league is significantly undermined.