04-23-2019, 01:51 PMnour Wrote:

04-23-2019, 01:41 PMSegi Wrote: If we needed to double check ourselves, we wouldn't need the pick tracker. We don't ask GM's to double check everything, just their own picks. We do our best to make sure the pick tracker is doing his job and yeah, maybe HO at that time didn't do enough. But you can't ask of us to go over every single trade before a draft. On the other hand, a lot of GMs agree that we can expect of them to keep track of their own draft picks.

HO of the past DID go over every trade and make sure it was legal and worked, so its not that you can’t do it, it’s just that its incredibly difficult, and I’m not denying that whatsoever. Keeping track of the picks moving in this league is such a pain in the ass and you’ve got my full understanding there. But it doesn’t take a lot of empathy to understand that without a resource this job became difficult for Colorado as well, especially with changing management.

I guess what i’m trying to say is the punishment feels needlessly cold and heartless, and it feels like HO doesn’t care about the league’s opinion at large. No one would be upset if Colorado was compensated the pick, but A LOT of people are upset that they weren’t. What’s the point in doubling down on a stance where the alternative has 0 repercussions?

I've actually talked to quite a lot of people that agree with me on this topic. It's just that they don't reply here. The alternative doesn't have 0 repercussions. It leads to GMs saying "fuck it" if we ask them to double check their draft picks, which can lead to other situations like this.

I'm honestly surprised, no one has called to take away the cup from St. Louis. (Not that we'd do that) They played the season with an additional player that they shouldn't have had. I don't want to see that situation again. And if we just say that we're not gonna punish anyone because several people fucked up at the same time, we will.