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Originally Posted by TheGrimm
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.
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Teams are bad for a reason. If they wern't bad, they would do better than worst in the league. Teams that can push to make the playoffs have much more talent than those that are at the basement. They don't need a franchise player as much as they bad team does.
Who cares if they mail it in? That's their own problem. The intention is to not be stuck in the bottom for the long haul, like your proposal would do. The team that pushes to make the playoffs do get rewarded. They have games that count still and thus give incentive to their fanbase to attend the games. So they get rewarded by revenue, where it really counts. The bottom tier leagues would love to have that. And that's what they want in the future. They won't be getting that if they don't get the chance at the best prospects available.
Just because the Flames chances of getting first overall aren't great at the moment, doesn't mean the system is flawed.
There's a reason why the first picks are given to the worst teams, and the latest picks are given to the team with the most successful seasons.