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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
No, you missed the point. I never said Buffalo had an obligation to other teams' STHs.
I said every team has an obligation to be competitive. And I said the league (with this move) wants to motivate Buffalo (all teams) to ice a competitive product.
Buffalo, on their own, should do whatever they think is best for their franchise.
The league however, will attempt to motivate teams to do what is best for the league.
Nothing wrong with the argument in the slightest.
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What's best for the league is having Buffalo rebuild properly and become the next Blackhawks. There is going to be a last place team no matter what. There are going to be bad teams no matter what. Why should we put this pressure on them to do everything possible in the short term to make the team marginally better when it may hurt them long term and make the road to being a contender even longer? Just doesn't make sense. All because of this conspiracy theory of "tanking" people love to whine about around here.