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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
It is not ANY team's way.
Can anyone give an example of teams shutting players down, in order to lose games?
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It happens, but rarely.
First Sens owner (Bruce Firestone) promised players jobs the next year if they finished last so that they could draft Alexandre Daigle (lol).
To better their odds for Ovechkin, the Caps traded Jagr, Bondra, Nylander, etc.
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The Caps’ starting goalie in that season-ending loss to the Penguins was Matthew Yeats. It was his fifth NHL game. He never appeared in another.
Washington won just two of its final 14 contests. It was rock bottom for a proud — if underachieving — franchise.
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https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/182...draft-lottery/
And of course, for McDavid, the Sabres just calling up goalies who couldn't win. Ryan Miller led the team with 15 wins that year. No one else had more than 4, and they used 7 different goalies:
Michal Neuvirth
Ryan Miller
Jhonas Enroth
Nathan Lieuwen (his only NHL games)
Connor Knapp (his only NHL games)
Matt Hackett