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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
I would need to see some tangible proof that the draft contributes to parity. Can draft position advantages make bad teams good? Sure. But that is not what parity is.
Eventually, prospects would have to go to Winnipeg, Edmonton, etc..., because the more desirable locations would fill up and with the proper cap measures in place, they would be SOL the following year.
Just imagine if in order to add Matthews or Laine under the ELC max, they had to dump McDavid or Draisaitl? If anything, such a system would force a more equitable distribution of talent around the league.
It would also help with player development IMO. For example, if the Flames wanted to add RWs to their prospect pool, they could target them specifically and perhaps off more money than a team that would have simply drafted them because they were the BPA but already had oodles of RW depth and therefore couldn't give them the same opportunities to develop.
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Simple question: do you think a league with
no draft would have more parity or less parity than a league with a draft?