04-23-2019, 01:20 PMztevans Wrote:  *If* Colorado had remembered they had this pick when the draft rolled around, then what?  You still have an illegal trade and a mess on your hands.  

It would have been a legal trade. Frankly, it was a legal trade.

STL traded their pick to COL.
Pick tracker isn't updated with it.
STL makes their own pick at the S46 draft.

If Colorado remembers they had that pick, the draft order would have been corrected and no one would be punished. Same goes for STL if they recognize that they're picking with a pick they traded away.

It's not hard for GMs to remember picks that they've acquired. Even if the pick tracker is only 90% accurate, it's reasonable to expect that between 20 GMs they can account for the remaining 10% that's inaccurate.