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Originally Posted by Toonage
Actually I am interested in the Columbus game tonight because "hey, the lottery". Columbus' next two games actually do mean something for the draft so far as the Flames are concerned.
In the Gold Plan system these two teams could be playing for 13th & 14th. The plan doesn't do anything to change the system for teams that are inherently bad and won't be changing any time soon. They could ice the best team possible with players within their system and still come up short. If you can't win games during the season how are teams going to flip a switch and suddenly become best in class amongst their equally poor peers?
Also, if you're going to lift a topic of discussion from yesterday's Down Goes Brown article on Sportsnet.ca, may as well give it proper credit.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/s...lottery-draft/ |
I haven't actually read that article yet. But, I have been keeping up with his Gold Plan standings updates.