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Originally Posted by TheDebaser
The system breaks when teams recognize that it's good to be terrible for stretches of time so that they can draft elite talent. The current system strongly incentivizes tanking.
The new system makes a 30th place finish much less valuable, so it encourages teams to actually try to finish higher than 30th place.
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What team, outside of Pittsburgh that one time, is not trying to be better than dead last? Hockey revenue is gate driven and there's too much instability. Look at Phoenix: if they could afford it, they shouldve tanked years ago. Is this really the issue at the moment?
I personally think this is about talent distribution and managing salaries. I would assume that its in the leagues interest to have a faster cycle.for teams and shorter rebuilds, but RFAs getting ice exposure, and therefore more points, are yeilding equal salaries than UFAs. Having a player incubate on the depth chart reduces 24 year old salaries.