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Originally Posted by D as in David
I hope you have a financial advisor looking after your money.
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Picks aren't the same as money. A 2010 pick is probably paying more dividends right now than a 2008 pick
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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
Don’t think the rumour is true but if it is it’s a non-starter if that 1st is protected. If the 1st is unprotected it’s an okay / acceptable deal in my mind. It’s literally such small odds that it could end up being a top 5 pick anyway so that’s where the call should start. And it’s fair value for Hanifin, honestly.
If you drafted a Hanifin as a top 5 player you wouldn’t be disappointed. So fair’s fair. People saying they wouldn’t give up an unprotected first, why? Such nonsense. Hanifin has value, they need to pay up appropriately.
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On the flip side, if the odds are so low, why make it a deal breaker? No GM is dumb enough to send a future unprotected pick...I'm not sure the last time a team sent an unprotected pick that was more than 6 months out.
That said, I think GMs are pretty stupid to limit their conditions to a single year (top 10 protected then completely unprotected if that happens), and it's only a matter of time until someone gets burned in hilarious fashion.
On the flip side, if I'm acquiring a 1st I'd look for value mitigation on both sides:
if TBL's 2026 pick is in the top 10 it slides to the following year, and CGY receives TBL's 2028 4th.
If TBL's 2026 pick is #20-32 then CGY receives TBL's 2028 4th
(I know you can only trade picks so far out, but I bet you can include them in conditions; teams wouldn't want to lock up earlier picks if they can avoid it)