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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Thanks for the lesson on pick values. That doesn't change the fact that a lot of 1st round picks traded nowadays are "protected". It's a choice like when giving a UFA a NMC that you make with a certain level of risk and part of being a good bargainer is sticking to your guns and not making bad concessions. It's why Brian Burke managed to fleece a lot of teams in trades and something I would have thought Treliving may have learned from him.
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You make it sound like Treliving simply forgot to make it unprotected.
Much like giving a UFA a NTC, it's a heavily negotiated point.
You can "stick to you guns", but the likely result is that you will likely be outbid by someone who doesn't.