Britton
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- Nov 28, 2008
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It would have been protected, and the protection is what would have permitted the pick to slide to the following year. Again -- that's simply what the phrase means. The Canucks traded a protected pick.
You clearly misunderstood the question, if the Canucks missed the playoffs this year, the pick would have been completely unprotected the next year which is the whole point. When people talk about protecting a pick it refers to the idea that they wouldn't be forced to give up a lottery pick under any circumstances, meanwhile the Canucks pick was only semi protected for 1 season and trying to make an argument that the pick is protected just like any other is completely disingenuous.