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Originally Posted by FanningTheFlames
Not sure if this is the thread to discuss the lottery system or the other one but I just read an idea that I really like:
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Kevin Radowits 37 days ago
Last year at the MIT sports conference Adam Gold had a better concept than using a lottery to determine draft order. Basically once a team is mathematically eliminated from the playoffs they start collecting points (through wins) towards winning first pick overall.
A team like Columbus gets mathematically eliminated early, giving them more chances to get wins to count towards their draft position. A team that barely misses the playoffs get very few games to get points towards draft position.
Once a team is out of the playoffs, they now have a new reason to try to win every single game.
Every game in the season would be important to every team. It beats the disincentive of dumb luck working against you.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=658503 |
This idea completely ignores the fact that teams
would be motivated to tank until they got to the point of being mathematically eliminated (you would want to get there as quick as possible). All it changes is the motivation for the last few games.