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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Teams operate on a yearly cap, so making less 2-3 or even just 1 year prior doesn’t help a team add anything unless they can keep it when the player is making 10.
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Yes to yearly cap, but in a climbing cap world (the norm pre-pandemic) a player taking less 2-3 years ago might mean an extra core/complementary piece to help with their cup aspirations before their big payday.
The larger point is that adding these top picks via free agency/trade when they're more expensive is an oversimplification, much like saying every team that wins a Stanley Cup has a top 5 pick is.