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Originally Posted by FireGilbert
Love the draft lottery system and the great results this year. It is especially hilarious with some Nucks fans cheering for losses.
I think the new system is a perfect balance of preventing tanking while still distributing high picks to weaker teams.
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Unless it is the Flames who drop from picking an elite player I suppose. The Canucks were not tanking, they were just an awful hockey club. They tried to out together an aging core but as I am sure is evident they failed miserably. I don't care what the fans cheer for, the team went out every night and played hard hockey, they didn't do what Buffalo did a few years ago and dress a third string goaltender or anything like that in an attempt to move up. The draft being as it is just ensures that there is the potential for teams that don't need the help (Philadelphia) get the help while legitimately awful clubs that just suck (Vancouver) are put into the perpetual Florida Panthers spin of drafting in the 5-8 range.
This is a bit of bitterness but it legitimately smarts to think about how the club I am a fan of gets the fuzzy end of the lollipop.