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Originally Posted by jayswin
That wasn't tampering at all. That was the Rangers knowing that Fox wanted to play for them. It was a risk of drafting him and why he fell so far, which we still made the pick. In the end it was a worthwhile pick based on the trade we made involving him. But he was never signing in Calgary and our team knew it when they drafted him.
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The Flames knew the risk of drafting him, yes. But that doesn't give the Rangers the right to talk to him - if they did, before the deal was done, and without permission from the Flames, then that would be tampering. If they had permission, then no problem, but if they didn't then it is tampering, regardless of any prior knowledge of where he wanted to play.