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Originally Posted by Joborule
Okay. Just confirming you made a dumb post.
The players don't give a #### about the franchise getting a lottery pick pick. They care about maximizing their value, and getting the best contracts for themselves. It's in their best interest to play as good as possible so then they are valuable players that the team, or other teams will pay for.
Tanking is purely for the organization. Not the players. So giving them #### for trying to win games? #### outta here.
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Even in the year he was talking about, the tanking took place via icing a horrible team. They played 5th string goalies.
Trying to lose for a player is a good way to get hurt, or to lose money.