02-11-2014, 06:54 PM
I got to thinking why do we exclude players who have been traded for that season? I don't mind how things are currently but I'm proposing that we allow them to be included for comp and I'll explain why.
It opens up another avenue when trading. I don't know how many times I may have wanted a guy for a rental but didn't want to give comp type prices for a variety of reasons. Mostly because he would be a rental for me even though he is a good player. Allowing the traded player to be in comp would make deals like this for teams possible as assuming the player didn't drop then he would still be good and comp worthy so I wouldn't mind paying a type b or a comp price if I'm likley to just get that back when I let him go for comp.
Take SP Davis on my team for example. I had some nibbles on him but due to his age no one really wanted to invest a whole lot since he is older and in some cases would have likely been a rental for the team. So instead of me dealing him at the deadline he was forced to sit on a team that didn't have a good shot at the playoffs when he could have possibly put another team over the top. Had traded guys been eligible for comp I feel it would be much easier to make a deal like that as at worst he is comp b worthy and would easily get bid on even if he was comp b. That is just one example so don't focus so much on the example as much as you do on the premise of the idea.
On a lesser note this also could possibly allow for a few more decent FA's to hit the market. Currently if a team say had traded for Davis (if i decided for whatever reason to deal him for less than what I think I can get in comp) he would then likely be extending him for at least a year.
So just all the way around I think it would help improve things. Again I'd like to mention I'm not saying our system is broken or anything like that just another small wrinkle to add in to possibly make things even better.
It opens up another avenue when trading. I don't know how many times I may have wanted a guy for a rental but didn't want to give comp type prices for a variety of reasons. Mostly because he would be a rental for me even though he is a good player. Allowing the traded player to be in comp would make deals like this for teams possible as assuming the player didn't drop then he would still be good and comp worthy so I wouldn't mind paying a type b or a comp price if I'm likley to just get that back when I let him go for comp.
Take SP Davis on my team for example. I had some nibbles on him but due to his age no one really wanted to invest a whole lot since he is older and in some cases would have likely been a rental for the team. So instead of me dealing him at the deadline he was forced to sit on a team that didn't have a good shot at the playoffs when he could have possibly put another team over the top. Had traded guys been eligible for comp I feel it would be much easier to make a deal like that as at worst he is comp b worthy and would easily get bid on even if he was comp b. That is just one example so don't focus so much on the example as much as you do on the premise of the idea.
On a lesser note this also could possibly allow for a few more decent FA's to hit the market. Currently if a team say had traded for Davis (if i decided for whatever reason to deal him for less than what I think I can get in comp) he would then likely be extending him for at least a year.
So just all the way around I think it would help improve things. Again I'd like to mention I'm not saying our system is broken or anything like that just another small wrinkle to add in to possibly make things even better.