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Originally Posted by GirlySports
I think it does.
Look at LA's rebuild. They were in the cellar for a decade. Pittsburgh, Boston and Chicago obviously. Islanders made the playoffs last year, Florida won the division in 2012.
There is obviously only one cup but the bad teams are improving. It's still tough to make the playoffs (16/30) and if there is mismanagement, a team falls back a few years. In the Oilers case, forever.
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even in the best case scenarios, teams had to be in the dump for practically a decade. This type of system would force a garbage team to manage their roster's better, and use avenues like the trade market and free agency to improve themselves. Florida is an example of that, where that 2012 year, they were extremely active in bringing in secondary pieces to fillout their roster. The islanders, blue jackets, oilers, are teams that have drafted high for how many years over the past 5 years, and the teams that used other avenues like FAs and trades are the ones that actually turned things around (just look at the BJs for that).