The Vancouver Whitecaps made a trade this week. 175k in GAM for an international slot from Nashville. Their own Twitter account wryly called it a “huge trade” making fun of the fact that it’s a relatively boring accounting move. But if you think about this trade for a bit (and I have because there is something wrong with my brain) you realize that it might not be so boring after all.
You see, the Whitecaps have 9 international slots by default (8+ the one they got for a decade in their expansion year. Really a fantastic deal in hindsight).