The NBA has the worst tanking issue in professional sports so I can see why they are looking at this. The NHL doesn't have the same degree of obvious tanking but it's getting worse as we saw the Predators, Flames, Avalanche, Hurricanes all purposely tank to a degree last season. I would like to see that if a team picks top 5 for two years straight that they be relegated to picking in the teens if they finish bottom 10 in year 3. I think everyone is getting tired of seeing the same group of teams pick top five almost every season as it's just not good for the sport or fans of those teams.
I think the allure of a top five pick takes pressure off coaching staff and management to go all out and try and win games down the stretch as getting a high pick probably outweighs needless points at the end of the season but that's bad for the fans and the league to watch non-competitive teams like we saw in the last month of the season as some teams in particular were disgusting with their lack of compete.
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