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Originally Posted by moon
Sure now they want to make the play-off because there is no benefit to finishing 9th over 8th in your scenario there would be.
As to why they would rather finish 9th than 8th and miss the play-offs? Because most teams want to win the Cup and getting a top line guy like say MacKinnon, McDavid, Reinhart, Stamkos etc. likely gives them a much, much better chance of winning that cup then hoping for a miracle run that isn't going to happen.
If they are so weak that they are struggling to make the last spot in the play-offs they have zero shot at the Cup.
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Geezus, your sub-standard punctuation is hard to read through. My scenario was something that I knew all along after suggesting that specific draft scenario. You can get a superstar at 9th, of course you can; but I don't believe teams would continually use that tactic more than once, if used at all, since revenue and ticket sales depend on making the playoffs. Teams need these, or else you get perennial losers and teams can lose fan interest. Just ask Phoenix or Florida.
It's also not a guarantee that a good team that tanks will get the 17th spot; other teams below them are pushing for that too. That's a risk a tanking team would take.
Playoff upsets happen all the time, too, so discrediting that possibility is short-sighted at best. If anyone knows about underdogs going far in a playoff run, it's us Flames fans.