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Originally Posted by #-3
I think I have heard something like this here before. But I like a system when all 14 picks are done by random, weighted draw. And if they insist on making a TV event out of it, they should get a large Bingo Hoper, fill it will 535 balls.
17th Overall gets 88 balls
18th - 80
19th - 72
20th - 64
21st - 56
22nd - 48
23rd - 40
24th - 32
25th - 24
26th - 16
27th - 8
28th - 4
29th - 2
30th - 1
First Ball pulled gets 14ths Overall, Second 13th........
At least it would build to a Climax.
And yes it would give the worst team in the league ~ a 0.2% chance of picking 14th overall
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I like it a lot, but want to add one thing:
Your draft position adds balls for the next draft. So, whoever drafts first overall has 14 (lets say) balls added to the next draft.
So, this year going into the draft Colorado would have 14+position balls, and Columbus would have 1+position balls.
Not enough balls to make a gigantic difference and prevent the truly terrible teams from needing 2 drafts to build their prospect pool, but enough to remove any incentive from looking at the draft as your only source of building a roster.
This year is a great example. The Islanders have had a horrible year, but last year had made huge strides towards becoming a relevant team last year. As such, they accumulated no balls from last years draft. So, based on current standings if the season were to end right now they would end with:
0 balls from last years draft + 8 from this years standings
Versus Edmonton, who will enter with:
8 balls from last years draft + 2 from this years standings
Making it slightly more probable that the Islanders will draft higher than the Oilers, which IMO is how it should be.
So, based on last years draft and current standings we would be looking at a draft lottery like this:
Buffalo - 1 + 7 =
8
Edmonton - 2 + 8 =
10
Florida - 4 + 13 =
17
Islanders -
8
Flames - 16 + 9 =
25
Hurricanes - 24 + 10 =
34
Predators - 32 + 11 =
43
Senators -
40
Jets - 48 + 2 =
50
Devils -
56
Canucks - 64 + 6 =
70
Red Wings -
75
Capitals -
88