IMO its just as hard to tank to last place as it is to win the cup. As long as crappy SE teams like TB and CAR exist, its going to be tough to get very last place. The fact that the Oilers were able to become a tanking dynasty for 3 years in a row is nothing short of a miracle. I think bottom 5 is possible, but as we saw this season, as soon as teams are out of the playoffs come deadline, it seems that every one of those GMs goes into tank mode and it becomes extremely difficult to achieve.
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