The new draft lottery was supposed to help keep teams from purposely tanking.
Well tonight the Flames sit Stempniak, Backlund, Stajan, Cammalleri.
They are in tank mode and have been for at least the last 2 weeks, but the young guys just haven't got the memo.
Scratching those players is an embarrassment to the NHL in my opinion. In what other league would they not dress the best possible lineup? It really is a disservice to the fans who watch the game.
I am hoping we win every game to end the season. Rewarding such actions is just plain wrong.
We made fun of the Oilers for purposely tanking yet here we are dressing a lineup the ECHL might reject.
The lottery needs to be changed and I liked this post in the GDT
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Originally Posted by Parallex
Sure just hand the Oilers another 1st overall why dontcha.
Just use the PingPong balls to determine every draft slot for non playoff teams. If you don't even have pick range certainty then there is little incentive to tank. Keep it a progressive lotto (so the worst teams have more pingpong balls in the hopper) but remove the range certainty. That would do it I think.
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Every non playoff team should have an equal chance so gong shows like tonight don't happen. Nashville is also icing a pathetic lineup.