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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
The odds now are definitely an improvement. With so much parity these days, it makes no sense to gift wrap top picks to teams that are bad because they are mismanaged. It's actually a terrible thing to do when you look at the big picture.
Personally, I would like to see the draft reduced to just one or two rounds (or stopped altogether), and any player that is not drafted becomes a free agent. But place limits on the number of players under 20 that a team can have at any given time and raise the ELC maximum salary. That combined with the salary cap would still ensure that talent is distributed where it needs to be.
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Then the best non-drafted players, and your example would include Gaudreau and Brodie, as well as dozens of other great stars, would mostly end up on the premiere clubs like NY etc.
Leagues need parity. They need balance. A draft goes a long way to keeping the playing field flat.