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[Minnesota Wild]

So that 2015 pick won't be seen until (real life time) a year and a half? Damn.

[Edmonton Oilers]

Aug 6, 2020 12:57:17 GMT -5 Minnesota Wild said:

So that 2015 pick won't be seen until (real life time) a year and a half? Damn.

Correct. By about which time I will have not had a single player from this trade for about 9 real life months, hahaha.

[Toronto Maple Leafs]

It's also strange to call this trade a site breaking deal when we just saw 2 guys get dealt for 6 first round picks, so...?

[Colorado Avalanche]

Bunch of copy cats in my eyes

[Toronto Maple Leafs]

Aug 6, 2020 13:10:54 GMT -5 Colorado Avalanche said:

Bunch of copy cats in my eyes

Sometimes people just do something and you go "OH SHIT THAT'S RIGHT WE CAN DO THAT" and that is what you did haha

[Winnipeg Jets]

Aug 6, 2020 12:48:46 GMT -5 Edmonton Oilers said:

In real life, teams trade draft picks a couple years in advance because you can only scout people so young. Here, we have the benefit of scouting people 20 years before they come in, so we know 2015 is the McDavid draft etc, even though IRL he was not even born at this time, thus unscoutable.

It makes for strange, unrealistic trades, but in its spirit, its reasonably realistic, since acquiring picks is all about scout-able foresight

This is kind of an interesting point too. 

I feel that in leagues like this trading picks that far in the future is kind of a bad move (normally). But since we know exactly who will exist and how deep those drafts are this isn't really an issue. 

The only other issue would be a team making these moves, either winning or losing with that team, then leaving the site when their team is garbage and they have no picks. This obviously cannot happen with Edmonton Oilers so that isn't an issue either. 

For Detroit though this is really interesting. They embrace the full rebuild ensuring they will have high picks (once they get past the years they don't have picks) and be able to rebuild their team with high end talent. Then once they are good and making playoff runs, they will have picks in years where Edmonton could potentially be REALLY BAD. Getting more top end talent making them a behemoth. Worst case Edmonton finds a way to stay good throughout Detroit has extra trade bait assets for become EVEN BETTER. 

It should absolutely be analyzed hard but the idea is pretty sweet and entertaining. 

[xx - Former Calgary Flames]

This is absolutely disgusting, and this will get Edmonton eliminated in the 2nd round.

[Edmonton Oilers]

Aug 6, 2020 16:36:46 GMT -5 xx - Former Calgary Flames said:

This is absolutely disgusting, and this will get Edmonton eliminated in the 2nd round.

The amount of truth to this makes my soul sad. But it doesn't change the names that get to go on my alumni wall, so I am unsad again!

[Edmonton Oilers]

Aug 6, 2020 16:36:46 GMT -5 xx - Former Calgary Flames said:

This is absolutely disgusting, and this will get Edmonton eliminated in the 2nd round.

[Toronto Maple Leafs]

The 2009 1st was then traded to the Capitals/Ducks.

When we hit the draft this year, we'll see what happens with this pick, but there might be a compensation traded required here to fix a potential broken clause. This is in the event this pick is the 1st selection basically, as I would be surprised anyone takes Malkin over Ovechkin.

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[Toronto Maple Leafs]

Aug 6, 2020 12:57:17 GMT -5 Minnesota Wild said:

So that 2015 pick won't be seen until (real life time) a year and a half? Damn.

1.5 years later, and we're at 2003-04.

[Minnesota Wild]

Jan 5, 2022 11:58:03 GMT -5 Toronto Maple Leafs said:

Aug 6, 2020 12:57:17 GMT -5 Minnesota Wild said:

So that 2015 pick won't be seen until (real life time) a year and a half? Damn.

1.5 years later, and we're at 2003-04.

WTF we paying you for?

[Detroit Red Wings]

So far this trade is a massive bust, but that's been the story of my career here hahahaha

[Toronto Maple Leafs]

Not a single pick has been resolved yet and every single one of those players are now retired. I wouldn't call it a bust yet lol

[Edmonton Oilers]

Jan 24, 2022 23:02:23 GMT -5 Detroit Red Wings said:

So far this trade is a massive bust, but that's been the story of my career here hahahaha

Neither of us have a Cup, so would that count as a bust?