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Originally Posted by getbak
The reason those trades happen in the NBA and NFL is because their rookie contract values are linked to the player's draft position. In the NHL, there is no linkage between draft position and the entry-level salary, so there's no reason for teams to make those types of trades.
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That's not why Rivers and Manning were swapped. Manning refused to play for the Chargers which weakened their leverage to trade the 1st overall pick so they picked him anyway and then traded him to the Giants for Rivers, a 1st and 3rd round pick. Pretty astute move really by A.J. Smith.