John Flyers Fan
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Seachd said:I doubt they would "make up" the draft order. They would do something that at least resembles fair.
But it wouldn't be fair to teams that have already traded picks. When the Flyers, for example, traded their 3rd rounder, that's what they were trading. Not the equivalent of a late 1st/early 2nd or whatever.
Yes, but teams can move up and down in the draft rather quickly from year to year. A team that got the 8th pick this year, could very easily become a playoff team and have the 22nd pick. Likewise a team could drop like a rock.
There will be no perfectly fair way to do it, but IMO drafting based on a real season results is better than trying to someway fabricate the draft order.