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Originally Posted by Jetfire
Oh no, don't get me wrong, I was relaying what I understood from the explanation I heard from Steinberg on the radio about two weeks ago. If someone who knows better can clarify it by all means please do. Steinberg said it pretty much just as I tried to. I didn't know a thing about the term before then, just thought I'd pass along the same thing I'd heard.  |
I think what Steinberg was saying was that *if* Tre did put try to lottery-protect the Flames 1st rounder (and Steinberg's admits he didn't know if Tre did or did not attempt this) then NYI may have replied that the trade was a no-go.
Tre (and everyone else, including media & fans) were pretty confident we were a playoff team, so it wasn't worth walking away from the deal over it.
Again, this is a pretty big "if" here. But essentially, Steinberg was saying that Tre isn't stupid, nor is Snow. They full-well knew about conditional picks and lottery protection clauses and like lottery-protection is not something Tre would accidentally omit or try to slip under the radar of the deal.