Really the main issue I have with this is that it seems needlessly cruel. Why punish a team but then almost gleefully make sure that the team that was screwed over doesn't get that asset that the other team lost, essentially making this a situation where there is only losers (STL, COL, the Pick Tracker and, ultimately, HO)? Even the people in this thread who think that COL is partially to blame as well still seem to agree that they should've gotten compensation. It would be so much cleaner and fairer of a ruling and also more consistent with past decisions.