All I know is that I don't like the current system. I am a die hard flames fan but this year since they basically have zero chance to make the playoffs, I have caught myself in close games hoping that they don't find a way to win. And I hate myself for thinking those things, just feels wrong.
I don't know what the solution is, but I hate feeling conflicted or apathetic when my team gets scored on. I think I would support a system where all nonplayoff teams are randomly selected for draft positions 1 to 14. And perhaps it could be weighted so that teams who have not made the playoffs for successive years in a row got slightly higher odds of getting higher picks. That way tanking is not rewarded as much but it still gives bad teams ways to improve.
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