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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
I wish they would change the draft rules even more. There is so much parity now, that it doesn't make as much sense anymore to have such a bottom heavy favoring for lottery odds. I know they tried to even it out a bit, but not enough IMO. It over compensates some teams at the expense of others.
Teams that try and barely miss the playoffs or are bubble teams tend to get stuck in that rut. It seems like an unfair system that punishes teams for trying to stay competitive. I don't think there is a huge difference between the teams that finish 17 to 27, and the ones that finish below that, usually purposely put themselves in that position. Quite often those teams also already have top young talent, but are just going through a lag period for things to come together.
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The current model should definitely change. The purpose of giving "bad" teams higher draft picks is to allow them to become competitive. Encouraging teams to repeatedly tank until they can leap frog the teams playing fair hockey, is not what it's supposed to be about.