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Originally Posted by The Fonz
I like what they've done with the lottery. It's fantastic that there is a 42% chance of a team placed 17th-27th overall picking 1st.
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Umm, I don't think that's accurate. Only teams that don't make the playoffs can win and move to first overall. From what I've read anyways.
One if the best solutions I've seen presented for setting up draft position is once a team is eliminated (the more they suck, the sooner they are are eliminated) then it turns to the most points accumulated from there which ranks you for draft position. At the end of the day, the worst team gets the head start while still having to try for points and not tanking on purpose. Leaving fans still cheering for wins. Take last night for example, if both Colorado and Calgary were mathematically eliminated, Calgary would be 2 points up on Colorado and rank higher for the 1st overall. Looking at the past week or so, Florida would be winning that race with 4-5 wins. Now, no team has been eliminated yet so the accumulation of points wouldn't start yet. This would also keep teams that don't make the cut on the last day of the regular season from getting any points and still ranking them lowest of non playoff teams. I thought this was a pretty good idea.