[Senator Clay Davis]

I think one way to try and prevent tanking is to weigh the lottery more fairly, and use 3 years as the basis. Last year would be a good example: Tampa Bay finishes with the 3rd worst record, but realistically are not the 3rd worse team in terms of talent, and the previous 2 seasons show that, as they include a trip to the Eastern Conference Finals. So when weighted over 3 years they would be more likely to be picking 7th or 8th.

This way it means in order to be like the Oilers, you have to commit to tanking for an extended period, which would normally be bad for a franchise though for whatever reason fans keep showing up in Edmonton for a last place team more than they do in Phoenix for a potential playoff team.