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Originally Posted by devo22
the risk is zero. A top talent like Hagens will want to play in the NHL at 18, so I doubt it would be any issue. And if it was, you're still getting one heck of a trade chip that you can flip for a ransom.
Honestly, I'm super tired of the narrative. Just because Adam Fox was a ######bag, you shouldn't shy away from drafting Americans altogether.
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There is no doubt he would sign his entry level deal. After that though all bets are off. Besides Fox you have recently had Tkachuk, Gaudreau, and Hanifin all exit stage left mainly because they were Americans wanting to play in the US. You can say it won't be a story but in the back of all our minds we will be thinking it.