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Originally Posted by Tinordi
What is the outrage over? That paying fans don't get to see the best possible lineups? That's a fair criticism. But otherwise, it's an invariably flawed system by rewarding failure. There's no other way around it and the incentives it creates. The alternative is just not as good in the long-term health of the league.
This is why the 3 point game argument hangs over this conversation. Most people on the board are against the current point system but it does serve to keep more teams "in it" to compete to the very end.
You can't be against the point system and against the draft lottery system at the same time.
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That was actually my argument against the short season in that the amount of 3 point games didn't create enough separation from the 9th place conference teams to the 15th making it too easy for teams to fold in the last month and pick top 5. We have teams like the Devils and Predators that were weeks ago in the thick of the playoff race now in the thick of picking top 6. I doubt we see this tanking to the same extent in an 82 game season but it doesn't change the fact that it's a bit of an embaressment because some of these teams that have shut down aren't some of the usual suspects.