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Originally Posted by Joborule
The only people who complain about the current draft pick system are those that have no idea why the current system is the way it is. It's the logical reason since it makes no sense otherwise.
I don't understand how the WORST team in the league doesn't deserve to the best chance to pick first? Why does a team that finished best not to make the playoffs deserve the chance at the next franchise player moreso than the one that had the worst season of the year? One team actually needs it more based on the results.
I mean comeon, actually think about it. You're basically giving incentive to be good, but not that great so then you can become an instant cup contender in a year or two since you finished as a playoff bubble team. Meanwhile for the team that sucks the most, how are they suppose to make progress towards improvement if the teams above them in the standings are getting much, much better resources to improve? You're basically keeping them stuck there for all eternity. At some point you'll be putting that team in financial danger since fan support will diminish due to apathy.
No matter what, there will ALWAYS be an incentive to finish at a certain place if you don't make the playoffs. With your proposal, why stop at 17th overall? Why not reward the stanley cup champion the first overall pick? An work the draft rankings down from there? Because that's just about as ridiculous. The teams that are really bad need that first overall pick moreso than any other. And there's nothing wrong with that. They need the resource to recover as quickly as possible to become a competitive team once again.
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I fully understand why the draft is setup the way it is, but as I said it's still a flawed system as it rewards incompetence and lackluster play. I get that there is a "risk" that teams would get stuck in 30th if they rewarded 17th overall with the highest lottery pick, the same risk that teams that continually PUSH to make the playoffs face by staying in the hunt for so long and not making it. The difference is that the team that mails it in is rewarded.
I would not be opposed to having an equally weighted lottery for every non-playoff pick in the draft either. At least teams would play for pride then.