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Originally Posted by ThisIsAnOutrage
But it's not really stealing if no one has player selected in a draft slot before some other team pries him out. Just bidding the highest and then not having to worry isn't the same.
The more I think about it, the more I believe that the certainty that comes with the current draft system is what makes tanking attractive. Even though there is still the draft lottery, the range of final outcomes for the draft order are still pretty narrow.
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I don't think there's anything wrong with tanking, but if you want to eliminate it, I think it's pretty simple. Make an equal chance lottery for all teams, and repeat it n-1 times instead of 2, where n is the number of first round choices in the draft.
I like the idea of draft points (not necessarily the stealing and re-drafting part) because it adds liquidity to the draft capital market. If a team used my strategy, sooner or later you are sitting on 700 draft points in a Bedard draft and no one else has more than 400. We'd see whether or not teams truly value superstar prospects exponentially more.