Jester
Registered User
there's no good answer.
1. weighted lottery
positives - allows teams that have a history of sucking over the past few years a better chance at a good pick in the draft.
negatives - allows teams that have had the opportunity to draft very high in the last few years an advantage based on how they performed under the old system. in the new world the big boys are going to lose out on a lot of UFA's they would have signed before, while having depleted systems through trades and low draft picks inherited from the previous system.
2. completely open lottery
positives - allows everyone a shot at crosby equally... thus no one can complained that they got short-changed in the lottery side of it.
negatives - teams that have struggled will be absolutely furious if he goes to an already strong team in one of the big markets... though, what will they say if a team like Tampa gets him?
3. weighted lottery among a selected group of teams.
positive - similar to one, teams that struggled under the old system will be allowed to get a good shot at crosby.
negatives - further alienates the teams that were good before, but in reality no longer exist due to contract death... and inability to sign UFA's on the market.
so yeah:
i lean towards having it completely open -- not just because i'm a flyers fan -- since in reality it is a new NHL. the teams are no longer the same... they simply don't exist anymore. many of the "crappy" teams have had high draft picks over the years and are in much better positions to move forward into the new CBA than the big teams... in reality, they are already at an advantage. they have cap flexibility, younger players, etc...
it sux that we didn't play a season in the end, and a solution needs to be reached. there is no completely fair solution, but some sort of compromise is going to have to be made. my guess is that they will settle on a weighted lottery, but a weighting that isn't nearly as heavy as the "weaker" teams would like. the big boys will have a legit shot at a high pick in this draft, and i think they should have one.
1. weighted lottery
positives - allows teams that have a history of sucking over the past few years a better chance at a good pick in the draft.
negatives - allows teams that have had the opportunity to draft very high in the last few years an advantage based on how they performed under the old system. in the new world the big boys are going to lose out on a lot of UFA's they would have signed before, while having depleted systems through trades and low draft picks inherited from the previous system.
2. completely open lottery
positives - allows everyone a shot at crosby equally... thus no one can complained that they got short-changed in the lottery side of it.
negatives - teams that have struggled will be absolutely furious if he goes to an already strong team in one of the big markets... though, what will they say if a team like Tampa gets him?
3. weighted lottery among a selected group of teams.
positive - similar to one, teams that struggled under the old system will be allowed to get a good shot at crosby.
negatives - further alienates the teams that were good before, but in reality no longer exist due to contract death... and inability to sign UFA's on the market.
so yeah:
i lean towards having it completely open -- not just because i'm a flyers fan -- since in reality it is a new NHL. the teams are no longer the same... they simply don't exist anymore. many of the "crappy" teams have had high draft picks over the years and are in much better positions to move forward into the new CBA than the big teams... in reality, they are already at an advantage. they have cap flexibility, younger players, etc...
it sux that we didn't play a season in the end, and a solution needs to be reached. there is no completely fair solution, but some sort of compromise is going to have to be made. my guess is that they will settle on a weighted lottery, but a weighting that isn't nearly as heavy as the "weaker" teams would like. the big boys will have a legit shot at a high pick in this draft, and i think they should have one.