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Originally Posted by ricardodw
Right now we have 4-5 teams whose organizations are trying to have them lose to improve their draft position.
The Flames are one of them.
I would much rather have the Flames organization playing full out to win the last 4 games and finish as the best team after the trade deadline AND to earn a realistic shot at the 2nd or 4th pick overall.
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Why does it matter? In the end, they're season is over. They don't play anymore games like 13 other teams. The games simply don't matter for them since their fate is sealed. That's all that matters to the coaches and the players. Making a stupid mini game that the players and coaches have no true investment into to appease the few that get upset that their team doesn't blow enough to get best chance of the 1st pick isn't going to fly by them. And I imagine the NHLPA would have to approve a change like this.
The players don't care about what spot their team picks in. They care about keeping their spot for next season and show why their a player that should continue to be in the team plans, or viable other teams in the off season.