Calgarypuck Forums - The Unofficial Calgary Flames Fan Community - View Single Post - Proposed Overhaul Of The NBA Draft Would Eliminate Tanking. Should NHL consider?

djsFlames · 12-25-2013, 03:51 PM

Came in expecting not to like it.

Turns out I think it could not only work, but would be great for the league. It would be a very fair system that could have positive impacts on the game. Every five years you get a top five pick, which speaking for a team that's never been in the top 5 (6th at best) would be welcomed. And you don't have to suck to get it, you just get what you get according to the year. I like that.

I like it even more when I think about perennial suck teams that snatch up all the good talent year after year but never get themselves out of the basement to give others (like us now) a shot. Or blatant tankers like Colorado last season, who already had one of the deepest and most talented center pools of anyone in the league, BEFORE getting MacKinnon, which was a joke. Need to eliminate that kind of bs.

Then again you have to think about if you're a team just past the "1" position on the wheel, knowing you'd have to wait 25+ years to get your shot at the 1st overall pick, you'd be a bit bitter, for sure. Maybe you could do an individual lottery for the order of the red (top) picks every year to give each team on those positions equal chance at the 1st overall, and while keeping everything else exactly as is. So every 5 years each team would be in the "lottery mix".

I think that would work great.

12-25-2013, 03:51 PM	#107
djsFlames Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Jun 2012 Exp:	Came in expecting not to like it. Turns out I think it could not only work, but would be great for the league. It would be a very fair system that could have positive impacts on the game. Every five years you get a top five pick, which speaking for a team that's never been in the top 5 (6th at best) would be welcomed. And you don't have to suck to get it, you just get what you get according to the year. I like that. I like it even more when I think about perennial suck teams that snatch up all the good talent year after year but never get themselves out of the basement to give others (like us now) a shot. Or blatant tankers like Colorado last season, who already had one of the deepest and most talented center pools of anyone in the league, BEFORE getting MacKinnon, which was a joke. Need to eliminate that kind of bs. Then again you have to think about if you're a team just past the "1" position on the wheel, knowing you'd have to wait 25+ years to get your shot at the 1st overall pick, you'd be a bit bitter, for sure. Maybe you could do an individual lottery for the order of the red (top) picks every year to give each team on those positions equal chance at the 1st overall, and while keeping everything else exactly as is. So every 5 years each team would be in the "lottery mix". I think that would work great.