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Originally Posted by polak
It's not really a hockey decision any more than the owners mandating a rebuild or a win-now strategy. Or deciding to spend to the cap or to aim for the floor.
The owners have to have some influence in the general attitude and direction of the team.
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That's a hockey decision and should be made by the people they pay to do it. Obviously owners have their say (some more than others) but this would make it a completely business decision, which it's not. Not if you want to run your team like a hockey team that's trying to win vs a straight-up business.
Either way, I agree with most that it would end up incidentally hurting some teams more than it should. I believe tanking exists at the management level, but some teams are just bad. Putting financial contraints on teams where the finances aren't equal wouldn't be good.
Hurt their draft position, not the overall business.