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Originally Posted by The Original FFIV
Guess we will agree to disagree. If the best player available is Russian and has no intention of signing in North America, do you still pick him? If a player says under no circumstance will I sign with a Canadian team, do you still pick him?
Good thing is that conroy wants players who want to be here. Enough of cajoling players who don’t want to be here or pursuing players with Calgary on their ntc.
Hope the scouting team is asking that question. Again, can’t paint players of various nationalities with the same brush, but can’t end up being the Montreal expos of the NHL and develop stats for other teams. Need to develop players to build a winner here.
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I think those are two majorly different situations.
Saying he won't play in the NHL severely limits the options you have in terms of a trade, just saying he won't play for 7 teams in Canada but still willing to play in 24 teams means you can still move the guy for value back.
As much as people crap on Fox he was a 3rd round pick that ended up getting Carolina back 2 2nds after being used as value in a deal we made before that. I take the 2 2nds or value to help us get Lindholm and Hanifin everyday over the 3rd rounder that wants to come to Calgary but flames out with no value.