I think the NBA uses a much better set of odds that gives teams in the Top 3 a better than 50-50 shot of picking top 3 (64.2%,51.6%, 51.2%). it's pretty sad that The 4th last team in the NBA (currently Dallas) has better odds of being in the Top 3 than the 2nd last team in the NHL(currently Buffalo).
>That feel when you can't get too excited about Pettersson because Canucks luckAnd draft the worst player, as is tradition.
Re: draft odds from the previous thread:
If you didn't notice, the NBA's reforming the draft odds so in the future, the bottom 3 teams will only have a 40% chance of picking in the top 3, and an equal 14% chance of getting the top pick. People hate tanking in general and tanking gives bad PR to the league. They only like it in this thread because 1) poor results might be the only way of getting rid of Jim Benning, and 2) the team is a trainwreck.
nah I believe in the law of averages and think we'll get luckier this time around, can only get 5th so many times
this is our year for dahlin and a better gm
we just have to lose 80% of our remaining games, which I think this team will be able to do
#BelieveInBlue
I have this gut feeling we are looking at a 5th overall pick again. Can we possibly find another Petterson there? Is there a petterson type player even out there?
I have zero faith in the "randomness" of the draw.
I think the team makes a run down the stretch if they stay healthy. All the injuries really messed with the mojo of a fragile team. Sorry tankers, my crystal ball is calling a tenth overall pick.
I think the team makes a run down the stretch if they stay healthy. All the injuries really messed with the mojo of a fragile team. Sorry tankers, my crystal ball is calling a tenth overall pick.
my problem with the people who say that the lottery system sucks and non-playoff teams should keep winning, is that it doesn't take into account legitimately bad teams like ours, who weren't trying to tank. Jim hasn't been trying to tank for any of his 4 years, we've just been really really bad and failed every year. Do we not deserve to be compensated for being terrible? We didn't pull a Buffalo here.I am pro-Tank but I absolutely hate that the league is set up in a way that encourages it.
I would be 100% for a completely random lottery, a reverse lottery among non-playoff teams, or just a complete abolishment of the draft.
It would be great if the league incentivezed non-playoff teams to keep winning, but they don't, and I therefore find myself in the annoying and loatheful position of cheering for losses.
**** you Jim.
my problem with the people who say that the lottery system sucks and non-playoff teams should keep winning, is that it doesn't take into account legitimately bad teams like ours, who weren't trying to tank. Jim hasn't been trying to tank for any of his 4 years, we've just been really really bad and failed every year. Do we not deserve to be compensated for being terrible? We didn't pull a Buffalo here.
my problem with the people who say that the lottery system sucks and non-playoff teams should keep winning, is that it doesn't take into account legitimately bad teams like ours, who weren't trying to tank. Jim hasn't been trying to tank for any of his 4 years, we've just been really really bad and failed every year. Do we not deserve to be compensated for being terrible? We didn't pull a Buffalo here.
I am pro-Tank but I absolutely hate that the league is set up in a way that encourages it.
I would be 100% for a completely random lottery, a reverse lottery among non-playoff teams, or just a complete abolishment of the draft.
It would be great if the league incentivezed non-playoff teams to keep winning, but they don't, and I therefore find myself in the annoying and loatheful position of cheering for losses.
**** you Jim.
It would be an interesting scenario to see in something like eastside hockey manager if we gave the a team that was bad the worst outcome of their picks and if they ever get out of a funk?
except east side is pretty easy so not sure how well that would workIt would be an interesting scenario to see in something like eastside hockey manager if we gave the a team that was bad the worst outcome of their picks and if they ever get out of a funk?