Franchise Mode Draft Trade Glitch

[Beautvillier]

There are two trade glitches you can exploit in the drafts every year.
1. Instead of giving up an arm and a leg for the first overall pick during a rebuild, wait until after the prospect you're looking to draft is taken, and then trade your first round pick for that player, there is a good chance that the team will say yes if your pick has good value. This is because the first overall pick has extremely high value, but when the player is drafted, the value is almost split in half.
2. If a player is selected with a low potential in a round past the 4th, you can trade that just drafted prospect to the next in line team for their pick in that round plus future picks in late rounds.

This has worked for me on medium trade difficulty with no issue usually everytime I try, the only problem that I've run into is a goalie with AHL potential won't be accepted in the second glitch.

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[GAMO1992]

huh good to know.

 

[tmlms13]

is there a way to trade players for nothing? I've tried to give away bottom teir prospects + a bad contract for a 7th round pick with no luck.

 

[izzy]

Yeah it's truly a sad sight. Low elite players have no value.

 

[ThorNton Apologist]

I try to be realistic and not manipulate the trade value. It's not fun to win every trade by a landslide. How often do top picks get traded? I usually try not to trade up more than 2-3 spots unless it's overpayment

 

[BatVader]

Curious if anyone else has noticed this and if it is still possible in 19.
Say you are drafting 20th. You look at the 3 teams ahead of you and see if any are interested in trading their pick.(it will be red). Offer up your pick for theirs straight up and about 75% of the time they accept.
I jumped from 29th overall in the 1st round to 9th overall and it didn’t cost me anything but my original pick.
This works for every draft round, 1-7, but in the first round I haven’t been able to get better than 9th so I’m thinking that’s the limit.

 

[Cypress]

Curious if anyone else has noticed this and if it is still possible in 19.
Say you are drafting 20th. You look at the 3 teams ahead of you and see if any are interested in trading their pick.(it will be red). Offer up your pick for theirs straight up and about 75% of the time they accept.
I jumped from 29th overall in the 1st round to 9th overall and it didn’t cost me anything but my original pick.
This works for every draft round, 1-7, but in the first round I haven’t been able to get better than 9th so I’m thinking that’s the limit.

This is why you need to put trade difficulty on 'hard'. Way too easy to manipulate the AI in trades on medium. You can accumulate infinite picks by just repeatedly signing free agents and trading them for low picks, and trading those picks for higher picks, etc. On medium trade difficulty you can also tag 1-2 late round picks onto pretty much any trade on top of what you're already getting with no issue if you want - at least in 18 anyway. I'm done with medium trade difficulty in 19.

 

[Cor]

This is why you need to put trade difficulty on 'hard'. Way too easy to manipulate the AI in trades on medium. You can accumulate infinite picks by just repeatedly signing free agents and trading them for low picks, and trading those picks for higher picks, etc. On medium trade difficulty you can also tag 1-2 late round picks onto pretty much any trade on top of what you're already getting with no issue if you want - at least in 18 anyway. I'm done with medium trade difficulty in 19.

I mean, that's why you just don't do those things.

I usually play on hard difficulty, because to me it's the most realistic trade difficulty they have, but on hard difficulty, there is 0 chance the CPU retains on any of their contracts even if it's the worst contract ever.

So that kinda bugs me

 

[Cypress]

I mean, that's why you just don't do those things.

I usually play on hard difficulty, because to me it's the most realistic trade difficulty they have, but on hard difficulty, there is 0 chance the CPU retains on any of their contracts even if it's the worst contract ever.

So that kinda bugs me

Yeah. I also stopped trading my garbage prospects that nobody wants for late round picks. Now I only trade green for red other than picks that have to be tacked on to even up the value. If nobody wants a player he stays on my roster. It would be nice if they fixed the retained salary thing, but it's not really a big deal.

 

[BatVader]

I’d like them to add in NTC’s and NMC’s for contract negotiations.