[Robbob]

Originally Posted by Ped

But at 18, unless it's a 1st round guy, he's not high-profile enough for teams to get in a bidding war. I mean, bottom line, Adam Fox is probably the best player taken out of the 1st round that year, depending how his career rolls out.


At 18, unless he flat tells you he's not signing, why wouldn't you take him if you think he has that kind of upside? He's not going to tell you that, because he doesn't know who else has interest. He doesn't know he's going to be a star; he might just sign with you.


As much as people want to think he was a throw-in to the trade, he wasn't. He was a piece Carolina wanted and thought they could maybe sign, and when they couldn't, they flipped him for more assets.

Kids being drafted now will say all the right things and do the right things. Fox even came to Calgary on his own dime for development camp. They are just keeping their options open.