Personally, I love it.
It would add complications to the casual user trying to figure out why Sportsnet has a 'Draft Standings' column in the middle of the hockey season, sure. Casual observers would get used to (and care about it) as much as they would get used to the other idea where a team can't draft top 3 5x. "Edmonton was last, why aren't they drafting until 6"?
I loved that last year we had an ENTIRE regular season to watch hockey because the Flames played until game 82. Encouraging the rest of the league to do the same would be glorious.
Lets say that they implement it this year. Now, I wouldn't be surprised to see a few teams put on a tank show to get below the 60 point mark and we have 8 teams in the draft playoff. That's an exciting final 20 games fighting for a franchise player.
We also have valuable players going to teams that encourage winning. If the show in Edmonton is any example, we need to stop wasting talent on teams that have embraced a culture of losing.
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