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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
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.
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I see your points - except teams like the Red Wings and Avs would not fall into this group.
The mini-playoffs could be scaled to address these concerns you raise. Two tiers of mini-playoffs, or limits on how many positions you can move up (ex. one position per round you win).