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Originally Posted by codynw
And how are they supposed to do anything to prevent that? Honestly, if a team wants to play bad on purpose to get a better draft pick, let them. It just puts a losing mentality in the dressing room and turns the team into the Oilers.
The draft lottery prevents someone from getting a guaranteed 1st overall, that's really the only thing they can do about it.
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I agree with you 99%.
Except when a generational talent comes along, which is going to happen soon, it wont matter because you can build your team around him and the sky is the limit.
Its like Pittsburgh hitting the lottery with Crosby when they already had picked in the top 5 for 3 years in a row and then would do so again the following year (Whitney-5, Fleury-1, Malkin-2, Crosby-1, Staal-2).
Having Crosby makes them a playoff threat every year because he is better than everyone else (having an elite supporting cast helps).
Point is McDavid could be a reason why plenty of lowly teams tank, part of me thinks it might not be a bad idea even though I love the current winning approach to the rebuild.
I just don't want another case of a team that is already stacked with elite prospects to end up with McDavid.