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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Fans rooting for tanking is one of the most negative trends in sports. I get it the reasons why, but something if fundamentally broken when fans are upset that their team tried to win (e.g. Patriots last win of the season).
Which is why I favor doing something dramatic to increase the randomization of the lottery even further (for non playoff teams) or using reverse standings of some sort (e.g. based on point percentage after teams have been eliminated).
Do something to take tanking off the table as a possible tactic.
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I go back and forth on that one. The NHL has pretty high parity so a bad team shouldn’t be stuck forever but it would sure suck to finish bottom 5 multiple times in a row and miss on high picks.