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Originally Posted by Baaarrden
Just out of curiosity, if a team had already traded away the draft pick(s) that would be required for an offer sheet, could they compensate by sending equivalent future draft picks or would they just not be permitted to offer sheet that player?
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They would have to reacquire those traded picks before they'd be allowed to sign an offer sheet. We have seen this happen in the past.
In order to sign a player to an offer sheet, you must have the required compensatory draft picks available. They must be your own picks and they must be in the next closest upcoming draft(s).
That means, if you sign an offer sheet in July 2017 where the compensation is 4 first round picks, they must be your team's own first round picks in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021. If you sign an offer sheet in July 2017 and the compensation is a first, second, and third round pick, they must be your team's own first three picks in the 2018 Draft.
There are no exceptions to the compensation rules.