03-22-2016, 10:29 PM
(03-22-2016, 09:51 PM)mattynokes Wrote: The tactic is now looking cheap as ever, and as Andy pointed out compensation is meant for players that you invested in. Not a lucky gamble and essentially flipped a 6th round pick for a future 3rd round pick.
I fail to see why that exactly is a bad thing? It's keeping FA populated which is one of the main functions of a comp system. It's allowing teams to hold on to that talent and keep competitive rather than dealing that piece away come deadline. Maybe they will still enter the FA pool maybe they won't. Right now they are. You say they won't be missing much by having those bottom types cut out but when that could mean 10 guys not hitting FA that could be a big swing. You could be right and you could be wrong in how this actually plays out but why test the waters when we haven't seen any outcry about it? Until we start seeing those low level teams complaining that their picks are getting pushed back it doesn't seem like an issue and like I said before a win-win for everyone involved.