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Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Only two GMs hold law degrees, so I don’t think a background in law is common and definitely not one that covers criminal law and immigration law. But that is (one of the probably hundreds of reasons) why teams have actual lawyers.

I agree that the likelihood he’ll be sentenced is extremely small, but I think you’re totally underestimating how that would impact his draft position and his development.

Even one year is potentially catastrophic. No hockey, no skating, no opportunity to train sufficiently, plus a nasty criminal record that would make all sorts of things difficult. That alone could drop him out of the first round if not out of the entire draft if the criminal record is going to be an issue.

5 years pts him firmly in DND territory. Nobody is wasting a pick on a player, regardless of how good they might be at the time, who (best case scenario) doesn’t even join your organization or play hockey before your rights to him run out. There’s no way to retain his rights, so there is no point in drafting him when he’ll just be able to sign with whoever after the fact.

We will trade down for him, Murray will open his wallet and give Trump a fat bribe, he will be pardoned, and boom! back on the ice