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This year Kingson would lose Ludwinski, Burns. Soo would lose McConnell-Barker, Gibson and Kudryatsev. Gens ended up 1 point up but they would've lost Ritchie, Butler maybe Gagnier if he has an offer in the AHL when the Gens are out.Realistically, how many drafted/signed players are you likely to find on the bottom 4 clubs ? My guess would be, not all that many. Also, a best of 3 wouldn't take all that long to run, but the appeal is that the fate of the bottom 4 isn't governed by the luck of the draw, but those teams competing for that 1st overall pick. If teams are missing players....you go with what you have.
Again, I like that idea from the fan perspective, but it would make the players look like the bad guy when they don't want to play in the meaningless tournament when they could be at U18s or in the AHL/ECHL