Seanaconda
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No if they didn't make the playoffs this year they would have lost their 2019 first not the 2020.It was updated at the moment that the Karlsson trade happened because the Sharks were guaranteed to lose their 2020 1st round pick once the trade happened. That is reflected in the compensation for every other offer sheet including a 1st round pick, where the Sharks are not eligible
The error that I am almost 100% CapFriendly is making is that they are mis-reading a crucial portion of the CBA.
“Clubs owing three (3) draft selections in the same round must have them available in the next four (4) drafts, and so on.”
Clearly, they understood the compensation for clubs owing 3 draft selections in the same round, ans that is why they say the Sharks cannot make an offer sheet that requires 3 first round picks as compensation. But, they seem to miss the “and so on” portion. If I am correctly reading into what the CBA implies with “and so on”, this is what they are implying:
“Clubs owing four (4) draft selections in the same round must have them available in the next five (5) drafts.”
In that case, the Sharks would be unable to offer Marner an offer sheet that requires 4 first round picks of compensation, since they do not have first round picks available in the next five drafts.
I would love if a CBA expert could explain this, though.
But yes you would need your own pick in 2020 ,21 ,22, 23 to offer sheet him to the four firsts