To me the tanking issues undersells the real problem. Ownership is not incentivized to make the best possible team every year. For example for the flames there was no value in chasing free agents this last year not only because we wanted space for rookies but because those deals would not have improved the team long term.
The Oilers and others are able to cover up years worth of incompetence with the words rebuilding and it's logical if you have a path out.
The Gold standard doesn't fix the issue of ownership dressing subpar teams under the guise of rebuilding. The wheel does
I like the wheel. It provides better assets for trading and allows good teams to plan for the future. It will encourage owners to fire bad management and provide good teams. It will decrease the highs and lows of teams. Right now there is too much Lag between a player being impactful and being drafted so a team collects too many similar aged high end prospects leading to the highs and crashes.
In a system that gives you a top 5 pick every 6 years it balances out that talent curve.
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