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I dont know if its true in round one, but I know for a FACT THAT TEAMS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO TRADE FOR A PICK IN A PARTICULAR ROUND TO TO FULFILL A CONDITIONAL PICK REQUIREMENT
It has nothing to do with the round of the pick. If the conditions of the trade dictate that the other team can trade any pick within that round or there's a condition along the lines of 'Ottawa Senators will trade the lowest 2018 1st round pick they have' then it's valid. But that isn't what was negotiated, it was their 2018 or 2019 1st with top 10 protection.
You also can't retroactively change the conditions without the other team accepting the amendment. I don't know if this has happened but I imagine an example would be if a team conditionally traded their 3rd but wanted to offersheet someone, the team they traded with could potentially agree to defer a year or accept another 3rd or some other similar value. My guess is it would be treated like another trade.