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Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop
I think the current NHL Entry Draft setup is fine the way it is. The E=NG Rule helped.
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Yeah the NHL doesn’t actually seem to be an issue per se and actual tanking is minimum - bad teams smartest way forward is trade older expiring contracts
The one issue is most players take a few years to develop so there can be a massive lag affect - this is actually why it’s so important to be really bad so you are bottom for a few years before the development lag catches up and you “in theory” ascend
Having 19 or 20 year old as the draft cut off would probably accelerate this lag a lot and have teams get out of the basement a lot faster and “hoard” less stars