It’s not our job to explain things to the Fans or defend Teams but the barrage of criticism we’ve seen on X about Teams making these late round swaps with other Teams is uninformed & silly. Teams only have 50 Roster spots so FOR EXAMPLE, if a Team has 18 Draft Picks in 2026, they have to waive & cut 18 guys off their 50 man list to get back to 50 so Teams will look at their list and determine if they think the Player they are going to take in the 13th round this year will be better than the Player they will have to cut & invariably, they aren’t. SAME EXAMPLE, the next guy on the 50 man list that Team X would cut was a 6th rounder from 2 years ago (‘08 birthdate) so therefore the Team would rather flip a 2026 pick for a 2028 pick so the 2nd Team can use the pick this year and Team X gets back that same round pick in a couple years. In summary, instead of cutting a 6th rounder from 2 years ago for a potential 13th rounder this year, they flip and it helps both teams. With the NCAA change, Teams will want to hang on to an American kid that maybe hasn’t shown up yet or an Ontario kid that has an NCAA committee because they are hopeful to recruit them. It’s not GM’s trying to fool their Owners or making moves for no reason.. it’s managing your 50 man list properly. - NACS Staff
BREAKING: We have acquired a 2026 10th-round pick (via Sudbury) from the London Knights in exchange for our 2028 10th-round pick.
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