I agree that no team should be picking 1st twice in a row let alone 3 times in 4 years and on pace for 4th time in 5 years.
If you draft 1st overall, it means you were the worst team in the league. If you're doing it constantly then the system has no meaning because the worst team isnt getting any better.
So, while the NHL has this lottery system there is incentive to fail. Perhaps what the system needs is not so much a revamp of the odds, but a check and balance.
Something along the lines of; If you draft 1st overall twice in a row, thats fine, but it means that you're not getting any better, so you can have your two #1 draft picks, but you have to play against some easier opposition, so the next season you play in the AHL.
That way the team can have their shiny new toys, but its going to cost them a significant financial burden.
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Originally Posted by Hockey_Ninja
The Avs tanked big time.
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One of the biggest dives in the history of professional sports.