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Originally Posted by devo22
this fear of US players shafting us really needs to die. Even knowing he'd never sign for us, you make that Fox pick 10 out 10 times. We've had this discussion a ton of times already, but go back and look at the players drafted after Fox. Lots of good boys from Western Canada who never got a sniff of NHL action ... Fox still had a lot of value as a trade chip. I'll take that.
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If you know the player never intends to sign, you move on. You don't make the pick. The fox comparable isn't great as he wasn't a 1st round pick to begin with, he was a 3rd, which is an acceptable risk.
I don't believe the American player jitters need to die. The Flames in particular have been burned too many times in the last five years to not be jittery.
What it comes down to is risk assessment and due diligence .
I get what your saying but I don't agree with it totally. You still want some serviceable games played from a 1st round asset. Given that they can make the show in the 1st place. Definitely don't need any extra causes for concern piled on top of it.