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driveway · 11-20-2015, 07:31 PM

Is it possible to do pick-swaps in the NHL like in the NBA? Where the trade is for the option to switch places in a given round?

Personally I'm down for trading Russell AND Wideman for Hamonic, but if it were possible to do pick swaps it might help.

Wideman (1.5 retained) + the right to swap 2nd round picks in 2016 (the islanders get the better of our or their pick in the 2nd round, we get the other one)

Is that something that's legal under the CBA?

Another thing I'd love to see done in the NHL is 'protected' picks. Like we send a 1st to the islanders but we say it's "lottery protected" as in, if we miss the playoffs, we keep the pick and the isles get our pick the following year. Usually these protections have an end date, something like: if the pick has not been conveyed in two seasons the team shall send their 2nd and 3rd round pick in the following year.)

I don't think that's the right move for this trade but it's a wrinkle I'd love to see added to trades in the NHL.

11-20-2015, 07:31 PM	#483
driveway A Fiddler Crab Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chicago Exp:	Is it possible to do pick-swaps in the NHL like in the NBA? Where the trade is for the option to switch places in a given round? Personally I'm down for trading Russell AND Wideman for Hamonic, but if it were possible to do pick swaps it might help. Wideman (1.5 retained) + the right to swap 2nd round picks in 2016 (the islanders get the better of our or their pick in the 2nd round, we get the other one) Is that something that's legal under the CBA? Another thing I'd love to see done in the NHL is 'protected' picks. Like we send a 1st to the islanders but we say it's "lottery protected" as in, if we miss the playoffs, we keep the pick and the isles get our pick the following year. Usually these protections have an end date, something like: if the pick has not been conveyed in two seasons the team shall send their 2nd and 3rd round pick in the following year.) I don't think that's the right move for this trade but it's a wrinkle I'd love to see added to trades in the NHL.