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Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent
Keep the draft order how its always been, but give higher lottery odds to teams that just missed the POs.
Teams that try should definitely be rewarded more.
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Best system I have heard suggested was, How many points you get from the time you are officially eliminated would determine your pick order. highest number of points would get 1st pick.
So a team might be out of it by November but are not officially eliminated until say Mid February. If they only win 3 games for the rest of the year they would have 6 points. Maybe they win more, but they would still be in the business of winning, so they couldn't just sell off and tank.
A team that gets eliminated 2.5 weeks before the end of the season wins 5 of 8 games having 10 points, so they would pick ahead of the above team.
There are probably still some flaws with this, but it in order to get the first pick you still have to be trying to win games. You can't just go trading your UFA's away for picks and prospects.