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Originally Posted by The Original FFIV
They used to talk about the Russian issue. Ie don’t draft players from Russia.
I think we have to talk about the US East Coast issue. Not to paint all players from the US east coast with the same brush, but we’ve had bad experiences with players from the us east coast wanting to stay here. Gaudreau, Fox, Drury,Hanifin to name a few. Scouting team needs to vet players before drafting them.
Players from the us midwest seem more agreeable to committing to Canadian market. Kyle Connor signed a team friendly deal with Winnipeg. Joel Otto stayed in town after he retired.
Need to draft and develop players who are open to being here for the long term. Don’t want us having to sell players who are reluctant to play here. Find players who want to play here and commit long term.
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I've never agreed with this notion.
Take the best player.
Still better to draft a player that either won't come, or won't sign a second contract then to reduce your pool of players.
Take the Fox pick ...
Next ten players taken after Fox that year were the following ...
Matt Filipe
Cam Dineen
Cliff Pu
Will Bitten
Josh Anderson
J.D. Greenway
Joey Anderson
Hudson Elynuik
Jack LaFontaine
Rem Pitlick
Only two guys have played a game in that group and they're both American as well.
Draft the asset and manage it the best you can.