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Originally Posted by Jason14h
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
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I think a higher age would help but I've never been able to figure out how you do that without basically having one year where the draft just sucks.
A lockout/strike would be the chance to do it.
Or you could increment your way towards it over time, by advancing the age cut off 3 months for 4 years.