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Originally Posted by Jason14h
Why ? 18 year olds are more likely to take the highest offer then anyone - they have no career earnings, and good teams who typically attract the best UFA or trade demands won’t have cap to spend on rookies
Instead the Flames are picking in the 2nd half of the draft , with a ton of cap room - that they can use on overpaid UFAs instead of
The best destinations can’t sign the UFAs, get the best rookies and be the teams players demand trades too in a cap world .
If anything the current draft helps the desired destination teams as much as anyone as they get cost controlled players while being able to sign or trade for the best established players
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The best destinations would attract the best players, without having to overpay for them.
Lesser destinations would have to overpay, and would be left fighting for lesser players.
This system would kill smaller market teams, and would not create the level playing field you are hoping for.
The most level playing field possible, is a draft that continually redistributes assets among all the teams. Turning it into a popularity contest is beyond stupid.