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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
A rule of thumb for the Flames should be to stay away from guys that have been in the US National Development Team system. Their mindset isn't on playing in Canada. The Flames would just be setting themselves up to be Foxed again.
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Caufield, Matthews, Brady Tkachuk, Lane Hutson, etc
Lots of these guys have signed with Canadian teams long term. If you plan accordingly it shouldn't be an issue.
Matthew Tkachuk is still light years better than anybody else they could have picked at his spot.
Adam Fox had his sights set on one team, and in the end a 3rd round pick still turned into equivalent value of two 2nd round picks.
Sure if you have 2 guys rated relatively close at a certain spot then pick the other guy, but if you believe some body is head and shoulders the best player then take him.