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I don't think tanking is an issue. My issue is that the badly managed teams are rewarded for their bad management. Those same teams tend to often rush and mismanage the top prospects that they are rewarded with. It's really not good for anyone.

With the parity brought in by the salary cap and the standings parity created by loser points, I think the line between the teams that are legitimately talent deprived and those that simply don't know how to build a team, is a really blurry line. For example, did Colorado really need the 1st overall pick last draft more than the Flames? Anyone who knows anything about hockey could tell you that Colorado's problem was not a lack of high-end young talent, and the fact that the Flames finished higher in the standings was not due to having more talent.

Having said that, I still prefer a weighted draft that favours non-playoff teams. Even though the line is blurry, there is still a line there somewhere.

I think the NHL took the right step in at least acknowledging last year that the draft system was obsolete, but I don't think they went far enough to correct it.