Prospect Info: 2025 Draft discussion

[eXile3]

I stated this before but what do you do if your the Rangers and this pick ends up at #12. Do you give the pick to the Pens in a weaker draft or do you bet/hope your a playoff team next year. For me this is the best position for the Penguins.
Also, impossible to predict a value from year to year but is the 2025 #12 pick valued at the #17 pick of the 2026 draft? Tough to answer that until next year imo.

Oh so they get to choose if the pick goes into the protected lot? Interesting.

 

[Malkinstheman]

Oh so they get to choose if the pick goes into the protected lot? Interesting.

Could be wrong but it doesnt seems like they have a choice. The language is "the 2025 draft pick is top-13 protected and will transfer to 2026 if it falls in the top 13".

 

[Le Magnifique 66]

I stated this before but what do you do if your the Rangers and this pick ends up at #12. Do you give the pick to the Pens in a weaker draft or do you bet/hope your a playoff team next year. For me this is the best position for the Penguins.
Also, impossible to predict a value from year to year but is the 2025 #12 pick valued at the #17 pick of the 2026 draft? Tough to answer that until next year imo.

Pretty sure you cannot pick, or it would have been said in the trade. It's top 13 protected, they either pick and it's next year for us or it's ours if if not top 13.

 

[Andy99]

Could be wrong but it doesnt seems like they have a choice. The language is "the 2025 draft pick is top-13 protected and will transfer to 2026 if it falls in the top 13".

They all sound like that and every top X protected pick comes with an implied caveat that the team can choose to give it up even though protected. So I’m not sure the language matters in this case. What was the language when the Pens gave up a top 10 protected pick for EK?

 

[Ulf5]

if you finish last and get the first pick, does it still count as winning the lottery?

The actual wording says you can't advance.
(3) Limit on Teams Winning a Lottery Draw
No single team will be able to advance in the Draft order by reason of winning a Lottery Draw more than two (2) times in any five (5) year period. This limitation will not affect a Club’s ability to retain its presumptive Draft position in any Draft Lottery, nor would it preclude the possibility of the Club moving down in Draft Order to the extent other Clubs advance by reason of winning the Lottery Draws. For purposes of clarity, the limitation would attach to the team, not the specific pick.

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