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Originally Posted by Hackey
Some of these suggestions are ridiculous. Players don't tank. Neither do coaches. Even if they did do you think a teams draft position is going to be their incentive to try harder? Players don't care about draft position to the point where they are altering their play to alter draft position. Look at the Flames at the end of the year two years ago. We won meaningless games that only hurt our draft position. The players just play the game.
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A) It's been pointed out in this thread before that tanking has been admitted tho. While not by the players, the team was tanking
B) Psychology plays a lot in sports. If you know that management has their eyes on you being the worst team on the ice, what is your motivation for going hard into the corner or blocking a shot? Your team has moved past the games you're playing on the ice and is looking at the best way to reconcile this season. When you playing poorly has a positive impact on the managements draft position, it's pretty hard to get up in the morning.