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Originally Posted by Preds
OK, I'm more lost now  ... can you clarify this a bit Brian? |
I must be drinking and not knowing it. I understand no one today, and no one is understanding me.
The rule says "a player cannot be placed back on the Development Squad by the SAME team during the same season (if the player is traded other teams can place the player on their Development Squad, but the original team CANNOT have on his development squad that year)." I take that to me that a team cannot trade away a player it has on its active roster to another team, and then trade back for that player in the same year and place him on his DS. If he trades away a player on his active roster to another team, and trades back for him in a following year, he can place him on his DS. That is my understanding of what that rule is trying to say.
I don't think there is anything in the rule, or the original intent of the rule that says a team at any time can take a player from his Active Roster and place him back onto the DS. To me, the rule (while it could be written better) makes sense.
The first part is saying you can't take a player from your active roster and put him directly on your DS. You can only put a guy on your DS by drafting him, or by trading for a DS eligible player.
The second part says that if you trade away a guy from your Active Roster, you can't trade back for him and put him on your DS in the same year you traded him away.
Does that make sense, or should I really start drinking? Maybe that will help.