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Originally Posted by itsmagic
If the primary reasoning for this proposal is to eliminate 'tanking' as a coaching/management strategy then it is a solution for a non-existent problem in the NHL.
There is no evidence to support it. The fact that a large number of anonymous Internet bloggers assert that NHL teams 'tank' shows only a text book example of a cognitive bias known as an "availability cascade". By definition this bias is a self-reinforcing process in which a collective belief gains more and more plausibility through its increasing repetition in public discourse (or "repeat something long enough and it will become true"). Source: Wikipedia
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Right...
However by giving better assets to less successful team you are incentivizing poor performance.
And any system that gives a bonus for suckage is questionable.
Because it will start to creep into peoples decision making at some level, at least by allowing an 'oh well at least we get a draft pick' attitude.