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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
These are the principles underlying the current draft system. Because a handful of NHL teams have terrible management, there may be an appetite to tweak the system in order to spread around the elite talent a little wider. But the underlying principles of the cap, draft, and lottery are not going to change any time soon. As long as they are in place, success in the NHL will be cyclical. And I remember the harsh realities of the pre-cap NHL (where a handful of teams attracted far more than their share of veteran stars) well enough that I prefer a cyclical league to the alternative.
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Problem is that success isn't cyclical. The teams with piss poor drafting, crappy GM's and otherwise poor organizations tend to suck no matter how many high draft picks they have. Columbus has had high draft picks since they joined the league, I know they made the playoffs a few years ago and got swept, have they ever won a playoff game? How about Atlanta, they sucked forever, I remember them making the playoffs once. The Islanders have mostly sucked since The Cars were in the Top 40.