How are amateur draft comp picks slotted?

KurtBevacqua · 03-09-2014, 02:58 PM

When you are unable to sign a guy out of the amateur draft I know you get a comp pick the next season from the same round, how are they slotted by specific order? For example, say I had the sixth pick in the amateur draft, but could not sign the guy. Will I get the sixth pick the next season or would I get it at the end of the round like a FA comp pick?

TGH-Adfabre · 03-09-2014, 08:54 PM

I am pretty sure it is the pick +1. So in your scenario it would be the 7th. There is a round cut off where you are not compensated but I cannot remember it right now.

bwburke94 · 03-10-2014, 04:39 PM

Cutoff is after round 3.

hefalumps · 03-11-2014, 10:17 PM

I've done significant research on this recently - more with regards to the old Type A/B compensation. But yes, everyone is correct. If you failed to sign pick 1.6 this year, you'll get an extra pick at 1.7 next year (for example).

One wrinkle is with the supplemental round. If you fail to sign a pick from this round, you just get an extra pick at the very end of the supplemental round next year (after everyone else's Type A/B compensation picks).

And the cutoff is after the third round.

Oh, and one final thing I discovered that may be a bug. Let's say you had the 22nd pick in the 2nd round and failed to sign him, so you should get pick 2.23 next year. But let's say next year's second round is only 20 picks long (due to less compensation picks). If that happens, then you don't get your 2.23 pick - it just seems to vanish as far as I can tell.

Hope this info is helpful!

03-09-2014, 02:58 PM	#1
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03-09-2014, 08:54 PM	#2
TGH-Adfabre Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,601	I am pretty sure it is the pick +1. So in your scenario it would be the 7th. There is a round cut off where you are not compensated but I cannot remember it right now. __________________ You mock me, therefore I am My wife

03-10-2014, 04:39 PM	#3
bwburke94 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Belchertown, MA, USA Posts: 4,522	Cutoff is after round 3.

03-11-2014, 10:17 PM	#4
hefalumps All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,392	I've done significant research on this recently - more with regards to the old Type A/B compensation. But yes, everyone is correct. If you failed to sign pick 1.6 this year, you'll get an extra pick at 1.7 next year (for example). One wrinkle is with the supplemental round. If you fail to sign a pick from this round, you just get an extra pick at the very end of the supplemental round next year (after everyone else's Type A/B compensation picks). And the cutoff is after the third round. Oh, and one final thing I discovered that may be a bug. Let's say you had the 22nd pick in the 2nd round and failed to sign him, so you should get pick 2.23 next year. But let's say next year's second round is only 20 picks long (due to less compensation picks). If that happens, then you don't get your 2.23 pick - it just seems to vanish as far as I can tell. Hope this info is helpful!