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Originally Posted by getbak
The PWHL uses the so-called Gold Plan, but it's a horrible league for that because they don't have enough teams, don't play enough games, and use the 3-point standings system, so teams don't get eliminated until very late in the season.
They have used it for the last two drafts and it had no impact on the draft order in either season because only 2 teams missed the playoffs each season and the second-last team wasn't eliminated until after their final game of the season.
This season, they have added two new expansion teams, doubling the number of non-playoff teams, but the 3-point standings and a 30 game season still means the Gold Plan won't likely come into play until teams only have 1 or 2 games remaining.
The Gold Plan only makes sense in theory for a league where a large number of teams miss the playoffs and they get eliminated with a large number of games remaining in the season.
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The criticism makes sense. It may have unintended consequences like tanking earlier, or lack of trades, or things I cannot even imagine, but it is a decent system.
https://thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/pwhl-playoffs-a-too-soon-look-at-the-gold-plan