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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
Actually the trade is Thomas and Phoenix sending two first round picks to the Sonics for one 2nd round pick. I wonder how long it will be until we start seeing deals like this in the NHL. First one was Malakhov for a single first round pick. I suspect we'll start seeing this come into hockey more and more.
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yep, I was just going to say that when I read the first post. Basically using picks as a bribe to unload salary.
The value of cap space is at work and in this case actually valued.
It has never been this extreme in the NFL, most of the time decent players will go for low round picks, simply because when you are paid at market rate after becomming a UFA your value to someone else approaches zero.
The math would be something like:
Value add to the team less cap hit = almost zero.