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Yes, for one of the possibilities (Canucks missing the playoffs).
Go google articles that reported the trade - the majority will call it a conditional 1st because of the conditions attached to it. Calling it anything else is stupid since it doesn't accurately represent the contingencies of the pick. Just another classic bandy argument based on misleading semantics of a fringe point.
Yes, it can be described as a conditional pick as well. What is the condition? That it is PROTECTED in 2020.