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Originally Posted by moon
That is a good way to have teams suck for 10 year stretches and reward mediocrity. Would have been a great system for the Flames in the previous 5 years and a disaster for the Flames now.
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I would argue that it doesn't actually.
Any idiot can draft the guy on the front page of The Hockey News on draft day. It's teams that can pick gems in later rounds and hire competent coaching while making shrewd trades that usually succeed.
Look at Florida for example. 13 of the last 15 seasons they have failed to qualify for the playoffs. 6 of those seasons, they have picked in the top 5 and most other seasons they have picked top 10, yet they're still a horrible team and will probably pick top 5 again next season. The Oilers are pretty similar as well although not Florida bad.