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Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
For a change in the draft, how about keeping the same percentages as current for the first overall pick, but then have a separate lottery for the 4th overall pick that is ordered in reverse, so that the non-playoff team who had the best record has the best chance to move up.
For example:
the first lottery happens: the 2nd last team overall wins, so they pick first. The last place team overall then picks second, and the third last team picks third. Then the second lottery happens, and the 9th place in conference team happens to win that lottery with their 25% chance - they will have the fourth overall pick. Then the remaining teams pick in order, worst to best.
That way there is a reward for both ends of the spectrum.
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Perhaps it is just me but I think one lottery per draft is enough. I'm not really a fan of the new system where any team outside of the playoffs can end up with the 1st overall pick. I would have rather they had kept a limit to how far a team can move up but perhaps increase the limit from 4 to 6 or 8 spots.
I dislike the idea of tanking for the 1st pick but I do think the 30th place team should have more than a 25% chance of keeping the 1st pick.
Its really going to annoy me if a team below the Flames wins, especially if it is one of the bubble teams.