I have never seen Dane Fox, but the comments people make about him remind me so much of Jesse Schultz...6'0, 185, poor skating but tears up juniors as an overager on a 50-win team, doesn't get drafted, signs with the Canucks...
I haven't really seen Fox either (aside from some videos), but one odd thing is all that the 2012 scouting reports I've read had him pegged as a decent to good skater (albeit with an unorthodox style).
One difference with Schultz though is that he wasn't ranked in the top 180 North American skaters his draft year, while Fox was ranked 46. Narrative is probably a bit different if he was drafted in the 2nd or 3rd round.