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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
How did any of these teams try to tank? Nashville traded Erat (who asked for a trade), the Hurricanes and Avalanche made only minor trades. The only trade that qualifies as a potential tanking trade is the Flames with Bouwmeester. The Iginla trade was moving a free agent who may have left for nothing.
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I don't think they made trades for the purpose of sucking, but Colorado was trying to lose games. I remember the Avalanche announcers saying during one of our games that they'd told Giguere that he wouldn't be playing before the gameday practice, then he did an intense workout, then they told him they decided to start him. It wasn't like there was an injury or changed circumstances or anything else other than a coach trying to wear out his goalie so that they wouldn't beat the Flames.
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Originally Posted by Skaloper
How does this eliminate tanking? A team could still trade away all their players at the trade deadline to get more draft picks.
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That's just good asset management and isn't a problem. "Tanking" is when teams are purposely bad for the purpose of improving their draft position.
I think the current odds are fine, but they should make the lottery for each of the top 14 picks.