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Originally Posted by GGG
Not intentionaly, but how a coach treats his players down the stretch when there is nothing on the line makes a difference. Look ar Guguires comments in colorado. After them they go out and put in a good effort. So are their coaches and GMs who have agreed to allow their star players to slack off without consequence. I believe there are.
There are really 3 things that teams can do to tank
GM puts young kids in the lineup to get them experience
Coach puts young kids in key situations and top minutes
No accountability amoung top players.
The first two are acceptable but to allow your players to play without pride is not acceptable.
I do like the idea that on deadline day the draft order is set. It takes away the advantage you get by trading your vets for picks and in theory all teams should be playing hard up to that point.
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For the bolded part i think its the opposite.
Kids come up and give 100%. Veterans that have contracts for the following years and know they are part of the team going forward have nothing to play for. I think the flames are the only team out of the bottom feeders that have brought up 3-5 kids and played them in all situations.
The other part for the flames is that opposing teams see that Calgary got rid of Iggy and JBO and Tanguay is hurt. They feel they can mail it in. In reality, 2 of those 3 players mentioned were 2 of the biggest floaters on the team and now have been replaced with players giving 100%.