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Draft Lottery

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Detroit gets screwed again. I can't stand lottery drafts.
 
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What an absolute disgrace. NHL should be embarrassed that fans don’t even know who holds the #1 pick. Fuck your stupid system.
 
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This shit is so blatantly rigged it isn't even funny. No better way to draw extra attention to the return of the league than having a mystery team lined up for the #1 slot to be revealed later.
 
which fucking playoff team got number 1 ? My internet is jacked up like this lottery system.
 
Red wings were so bad they didnt have to tank. Can someone post the order. I'm having issues.
 
Are you kidding me. The number 1 pick is TBD ?

Thid system is just really bad
 
All I know is that a playoff team will have the top pick. Which is wrong. What's the point of a lottery.
 
Lotteries are just so dumb. The point of the draft is to make the bad teams better right ?
 
You can all thank Edmonton and Buffalo for the worst team having such a low percentage shot at #1 nowadays. THAT was tanking.
 
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Lotteries are just so dumb. The point of the draft is to make the bad teams better right ?

No.

The point of the draft is so certain teams with popularity and $$$ (Montreal) do not steal all the best players like they have for decades before the draft was introduced.


Teams took it upon themselves to intentionally tank in order to cheat the system in an effort to get good.

At the end of the day mismanagement plays a bigger role than anything.

Look how Edmonton mismanaged all their top picks.

Look how Florida constantly changing direction sabotaged their own team.

Look at Buffalo being..... Buffalo
 
Technically round robin does not count as playoffs per Gary so..... is all kosher.

Of course but it still doesn't sit well with me. They should have had a draft lottery between the 7 non playoff teams and went from there.
 
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To be honest, I don't like the lottery system. It's intented purpose to stop tanking doesn't work.

The draft order in reverse of standings promotes tanking.


I'd rather see picks 1-15 be given to the non-playoff teams in order of most points to least.

Reward the teams that are actually competing for playoffs.... or those teams that end up with those picks.
 
I don't like tanking either but sometimes teams are just bad. Like the 2019-20 Red Wings. So I rather a pick go to them than say Montreal.
 
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Id be fine if the worst 5 teams were in a lottery, but this is just too many.
 
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