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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
The problem isn't that teams tank, because I think for the most part they don't intentionally tank (let's disregard the McDavid year cause that was a bit abnormal.) The problem is that it makes fans and media conflicted about cheering on their team. I WANT to cheer the Flames on down the stretch in an offseason. But because I'm a very long view fan and I recognize the importance of the draft it makes it hard for me to cheer for wins in a lost season. It makes part of me want them to lose because that can be the better outcome for the longterm future of the team.
The NHL should not be run in a way that fans should want their team to lose. That's backwards and stupid.
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Here's my question about this mindset, how little of a difference in percentages of the lottery will get you to not be conflicted? As it stands, the chances of winning the lottery really don't change a whole lot. Even if you are the very worst team, there's only a 20% of getting that spot. Yeah it's better than everyone else, but it still leaves an 80% chance of not. So what is the percentages that will get someone such as yourself to not cheer for losses? To me, those percentages are not different enough for me to care about them moving from 6th to 3rd for example.