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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
The wheel system is absolutely horrible. Its purpose is the complete opposite of what a draft is meant to do. The wheel system ensures that rich/good teams always get top prospects, which takes away from rebuilding/poor teams. How would you feel right now if the wheel system had Calgary drafting 30th this year and Chicago 1st?
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Disagree completely. The wheel is the most fair and equitable system put forward. Everyone gets equal time at the top, middle and bottom of the draft. The onus changes from worrying about your draft position, as that has been determined before the season starts, to worrying about getting your team to play good hockey.
You may complain about a good team getting a good pick, but what is unfair about that? I think it is unfair the Oilers get top picks all the time and they continue to ruin them!
I think moving to the wheel would be great. Every team would get that first overall pick, every 30 years. I think there would also make the trade deadline more interesting as teams would then know exactly what they are getting in return or giving up. Teams would likely be more inclined to make a deal if there was more certainty to what was being given up.
I think the wheel would be a massive improvement as it would five crap organizations to properly scout and develop players. As it is right now, the Oilers can piss good prospects away because they know another good draft pick is just around the corner! If they had drafted early last season they would be drafting late this year, giving those good prospects a chance to go to a team that might just develop on a good team.