Crosby for 1st Round Pick

[CreamTeam]

As a commish this trade just came across the desk. Currently 1.2 pick for Crosby. One team has 5 wins the other 8. One of the owners joined less than 15 hrs ago. Which is the team giving up Crosby. My gut says veto, boot and possibly boot the other team. Seems pretty fishy to me. But maybe i'm overreacting? The trade is already halfway to being vetoed. So maybe I just allow it do die that way?

[Atomic Wedgy]

Did the guy trading away Crosby give his rationale for making the deal? I'd be interested to hear the reasoning. I wouldn't veto and kick straight away, but the deal needs to be sniffed out.

[Pengwin7]

Um, I don't quite understand what is wrong with this trade.
There's not enough league info, but generally "5 wins" and "8 wins" are both bad teams.
However, one team might have had injured veteran team and might be able to compete NEXT year, so adding Crosby might make a lot of sense.
The other team might be in terrible shape - maybe it needs a full 3-year+ rebuild... so when the 2022-2023 NHL season opens... and Crosby is 35 years old... IDK, that's where Gretzky started going downhill.
Rebuilding teams SHOULD try to sell their players before the downhill is in sight.

Kaapo Kakko is going to be a hell of a good player.
He's a #1 player in probably every 3rd NHL entry draft...

I don't see anything wrong with Crosby-for-Kakko.
But it CAN help to know more about the two teams trading and HOW they may (or may not) know each other.

[I can say I have been in a LOT of "casual" fantasy hockey leagues where 50%+ of the guys don't even understand how to rebuild - and how key it is to add a top future player: Dahlin, Svechnikov, Hughes, Kakko, etc.]

I will say this.
I have seen what I call the "buddy trade" in leagues before, where two good friends load up one VETERAN team and rebuild one YOUNG team.
*WE*, here on the forums, are often NOT given enough information to know the full story.
Then somebody comes on and posts a thread like this and gives us just enough information to sway us to their side.

And then it's like we are watching Fox News or The Daily Show.
I mean, c'mon...


[As an example, about 4 years ago I helped a buddy in a 12-team limited keeper. Same thing happened. New owner traded Crosby AWAY... got two young kids back. Their names were Vladimir Tarasenko and Nikita Kucherov.)

[lucafen4]

Not vetoeable in my book. Not bootable, definitely not. Arguably a weak Crosby trade? Sure... but most trades aren't balanced. least I hope the ones I make aren't always fair.

[The Bottlenecker]

Can't veto that. Good trade? Not right now, but five years down the road you may go: "why did that guy give up his first round pick for Crosby?"

[PittsburghHustlers]

This is a bad trade for sure. Would probably not veto it tho.

[berni67]

1st or 2nd overall pick for him I would do it this season, and I have Crosby.