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Originally Posted by troutman
I'd like to see the 14 teams that don't make the playoffs, play some sort of tournament or mini-playoffs for draft position.
More revenue. More playoff hockey. No tanking. Every team has something to play for in April.
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Um, that just keeps the bottom feeders at the bottom. Last year, the Capitals
barely missed the playoffs. Do you really want them adding Sam Reinhart or Sam Bennett or Aaron Ekblad or Leon Draisatl while the Panthers end up with a #14 pick? All you end up with is the situation from the 90s with the Red Wings and the Avs being superstacked.
The point of getting high draft picks for the worst teams is to maintain parity. It's only a problem when teams have
1) Awful management + scouting
2) Terrible geological location for free agent signing / retention
3) Awful development/farm systems
4) Their good picks in less-good draft years
that the same teams keep popping up in low the draft over and over and over.