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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
I seem to remember something with A.J. Thelen of the Minnesota Wild.
First round pick in 04 played in the NCAA. But than switched to Junior after two years. I seem to remember the Wild wanting to pass on signing him to get a pick.
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That's an interesting one, since the rules for retaining player rights are very different between NCAA and junior. I'd be interested in hearing more details about the timeline, but alas, that's probably not public information.
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Cherepanov of the Rangers also rings a bell. Rangers never got a chance to make a bonafide offer before his untimely passing. But I think they got the 47 pick in 2009 for not being able to sign their pick given the circumstances.
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If a player refuses to sign with you because he is dead, that could be construed to count just the same as refusing for any other reason. I suppose that example falls under ‘technically correct – the best kind of correct!’
(Now I am sad because my flux capacitor won't flux, and I can't go back and retroactively insert Section 8.3 in the CBA from the mid-1980s. Oh, what a franchise player we missed out on because we didn't get a compensatory pick for George Pelawa! More grist for the woulda-coulda-shoulda mill.)