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LeBrun: The NHL's conditional trades ruling is the right...
Canucks conditional first round pick:
Jason Zucker Trade
James Neal/Milan Lucic
Vatanen
Clifford
Canucks conditional first round pick:
So, there you go. That first-round pick is still in flux until that Canucks-Wild play-in series is completed. If Vancouver loses, New Jersey instead gets the Canucks’ unprotected 2021 first-round pick.
Jason Zucker Trade
Well, if the fifth-seeded Penguins were to be upset by the 12th-seeded Canadiens in the play-in round this summer, Pittsburgh would be in that very position of deciding whether to hand the Wild this year’s pick or next year’s pick. And given that losing to Montreal would mean being in the draft lottery, you would assume Pittsburgh would probably keep this year’s pick, which would stink for Minnesota. Wild GM Bill Guerin will be cheering for his old NHL team in that play-in series versus the Habs.
James Neal/Milan Lucic
I mean, there’s time. The NHL draft won’t be until fall, at the earliest. If I had to guess, I’d say the Flames will get the third-round pick from the Oilers; common sense would dictate you prorate what Neal and Lucic did and that the condition would have been met over a full season.
Vatanen
Well, the injured Vatanen never played a regular-season game for the Hurricanes before the season was put on pause March 12. So, presumably, the Canes don’t have to trade away a draft pick to the Devils in this deal. The No. 1 contention was the five regular-season games played — unless New Jersey can make the argument that should Vatanen play in a certain number of the Canes’ playoff games this summer, they should get a pick. I can see both teams making different arguments here and the league having to step in and make a call.
Clifford
The pick becomes a second-round pick if the Leafs either re-sign Clifford or make the playoffs (which means winning their play-in round versus Columbus) and Campbell wins six regular-season games. He won three. So the second criterion is now toast. The Kings can upgrade to a second-round pick only if Clifford re-signs with the Leafs.