AttackSound
Junior Hockey Fan Since Birth
I still think 4 years is too far ahead. It's good that they're doing something, though. Anyone who has paid attention to trades in the OHL knows it's gotten out of hand. I'd like to see them allow first round picks to be traded, but only in the next draft and only if the team dealing the first rounder has at least one second round pick for that year in the cupboard.
In theory the idea of trading 1st round picks makes sense, however in a league where there always are teams that get hyped up and move a whole bunch of top picks for one guy at deadline time would be absolutely insane.
For the most part there's always been a big parity in the league, and for the foreseeable future as long as the league feels that the idea of saving managers from themselves at deadline time by having the 1st round picks locked and unmovable will always be a in place.
There's too many marginal teams in the league any given year to start allowing them to go all in on high round picks, if the league would ever consider it then it would destroy the OHL in a matter of seasons as too many team would be forced into moving top 3 round picks for mid-depth chart players.
And would limit the number of contenders to 2-3 teams forcing the league to be watered down too much.