BUF - TOR

[Handsome&FairMike]

How do teams get penalized if they don't have their 1st overall pick (i.e. Ottawa, if they don't get healthy)

[The BBKL Insider]

team that has that pick gets penalized.

[Lee]

Through no fault of their own! Yay!

[The BBKL Insider]

ya if i was billy i'd miss games played just to be a jerk

[Lee]

Which is what he is doing.

[Mike]

Through no fault of their own! Yay!

Have an alternative suggestion or just criticism?

[Mike]

afaik CC also supplements punishment if the pick is absent

[LeanMachine]

Shouldn't it be the GMs responsibility to make trades to reach GP limit? surely a cap dump could be found somewhere.

[CAM]

We've already been here before. The CC should be able to project at this point if a team will miss GP or not. Give the team a warning to correct the issue and if it is not fixed, the CC makes the roster moves for the team. Its the same as the NHL. If a team has an illegal roster they are fined or the roster is corrected to be legal.

[Fraser]

Daniel Briere is very available people.

[The BBKL Insider]

2nd rd pick is reasonable for Breier

[Lee]

Through no fault of their own! Yay!

Have an alternative suggestion or just criticism?

Cynicism, mostly.

My suggestion would be to not punish someone who traded for a pick in good faith and had it run father up the ladder than was expected, but I'm obviously biased, owning a pick in that position.

[Mike]

I've been in your position before

[LeanMachine]

I mean if GM did "all he could do" to reach GP limit and still came up short, there should be some leniency.

"all he could do" - trade blocks, forum posts trying to make deals, evidence of zero fair offers, ect.

[Lee]

Past mistakes shouldn't equate to current problems. Sucks that it happened to you but that doesn't mean it can't be corrected moving forward.

[Matthew]

Lee - Doing the deal I offered for Kane gets you to cap floor when all your rookie contracts come up, gets you games played and thus a better chance at mcdavid/eichel with your top picks, and, well, gives you one of the best young offensive players in the game.

[Fraser]

Through no fault of their own! Yay!

Have an alternative suggestion or just criticism?

Cynicism, mostly.

My suggestion would be to not punish someone who traded for a pick in good faith and had it run father up the ladder than was expected, but I'm obviously biased, owning a pick in that position.

Yea I agree with Lee here. Would rather see the perpetrator be punished further down the line, rather than someone potentially losing a very valuable asset with no wrong-doing of their own.

[Mike]

extenuating circumstances are considered by the cc

[The BBKL Insider]

i'd like to see Lee punished

makes for good conversation

[Lee]

Lee - Doing the deal I offered for Kane gets you to cap floor when all your rookie contracts come up, gets you games played and thus a better chance at mcdavid/eichel with your top picks, and, well, gives you one of the best young offensive players in the game.

I'm not trading Nylander, Virtanen and your first for Kane.