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Originally Posted by Flames Fan, Ph.D.
In the majority of years this method will simply reward those who cash out early.
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Right. It will. So in the majority of years the results will be the same as they currently are, because in the majority of years the teams eliminated earliest finish up lowest overall.
So essentially it would change nothing - except eliminating the statistical outlier (cough Oilers cough) from significantly improving their draft standing by a long losing run to end the season.
And no - it's not a plausible system. And this year would likely to be a mess that way anyway, as a shortened season will keep everyone in contention longer. I just like the notion not rewarding 'tanking' to finish the season.