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Originally Posted by _Q_
This notion of getting a high first rounder vs. low first rounder is hilarious. As if the team we trade with has the option where they would like their first round pick to land.
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Well last year the Pitt pick was all but guaranteed to be lower than 24th, as they were contending for the presidents trophy and only a monumental collapse would have seen them miss the playoffs.
The St Louis pick was traded with a condition that if they missed the playoffs the pick turned into their 2014 pick. The pick was "lottery protected".
The Boston pick that was traded for Jagr also had a condition, and couldn't have been higher than 26th overall (it would have become a second rounder had they failed to win 2 playoff rounds)
So yes, GM's do try to control these things