Always thought of those ideas would be cool. But as for the draft, the bottom few teams that are stuck in the basement for a reason would have fans in rage at some 9th place team snatching up the 1st overall. There is such parity in the current league partly because those teams who fall out of it get some help for the future. But at the same time it is annoying to see teams (cough*nashvillecarolinatampabay) quietly letting the wheels fall off later in the year when they feel they are out of it.
Unfortunately North America is too large for the other idea. To take out conferences, that is. Even though nothing would be cooler to see than a provincial battle for the cup.
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