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Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef
There is more tanking than ever in recent years, ever since drafting and development became more important under the cap system. It most certainly is broken.
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I disagree that there is more tanking than ever. There are certainly a lot more fans cheering for their team to lose, and more focus on the draft by fans every year though. These days, every time a vet sits out because of an injury or a back up goalie plays a game, people call it tanking.
Some times bad hockey teams just lose. Vancouver and Edmonton didn't make any tanking moves this season, they're just terrible hockey teams.
I think we saw legitimate tanking last season when Buffalo and Arizona were actively trading away any goalie who was a threat to win a game. But it's well documented that Pittsburgh was not just tanking, but actively trying to throw games, to get Mario back in the 80s. Shenanigans like this have been going on for as long as there has been a draft, I think people are just hyper-attuned to it now. Especially because of all the attention that draft picks and the draft process get now.