What in the hell are you talking about?
Why the hell are you already so ****ing bent out of shape over my post to start YOUR post like this? You'd think I kicked your mother in her chest or something. Sheesh![/quote]
You are implying that teams, fans, or anyone who is in the playoffs gives a damn at the time about draft position and will act accordingly. What a crock. This has nothing to do with that. Everyone who is in the playoffs will do all that they can to win. Every fan will root for their team to win.
What the HELL are YOU talking about? Did you even read my post? I'm saying that if a team does well in the playoffs, the fan won't care that they dropped a few spots in the draft. I mean, if the Pens did great this year and made it all the way to the Cup Finals, would you be furious that you had to drop about 4 or 5 draft spots to 29th? If you would be upset about that, than why bother even watching a sport if all you care about is the ****ing draft?
This has to do with the aftermath. The draft is to even the playing field and to give a hand up to lesser teams. And the handicap the better teams.
And isn't the real judge of how good a team is if they can accomplish a lot in the playoffs -- the 2nd season? I mean, the regular season means jack ****. How often do we see the President's Trophy winner lose before they reach the finals? Maybe that team simply isn't built for the playoffs and a lower draft pick could help them find that player to bring them to the next level come playoff time.
Granted, they did well in the season, but I can absolutely, 100% guarantee that any REAL fan of the team would NOT be upset if they did better in the playoffs and got the lower draft pick. Again, I'm sorry that I have to reiterate that, but I take it that you haven't grasped my point or you just simply choose not to.
If that is the goal then this is a lousy idea. It will give a hand up to a team that has an off week during their first series but was far better than the lower seed who got hot for a week and advanced before getting blown out.
You keep rambling on about the team that chokes or whatnot but you still fail to realize that the team's fans would gladly take advancing in the playoffs further rather than losing in the first round and getting the higher pick. The team makes money, the fans are happy, etc. NO team would EVER choke in the 1st round to get a better pick. NONE. This is a business and if you're team advances in the playoffs, you get more money. So we can throw that idea out of the window before you even get started on it (I sense that that would be one of your points).
It is not a huge deal, the difference between say 15 and 25 likely is not that huge in the draft. Still, it is not keeping with the goal of the draft. And to say what you did above, that it would encourage tanking or some such silly argument, is ludicrous.
The goal of the draft is to reward the teams that did worse over the year. Why in the world are the playoffs now all of a sudden excluded from the year? That makes no sense at all and I've often questioned why the draft hasn't been set up like the way that just got approved.
Again, for the umpteenth time, the goal of the team is to advance in the playoffs. They make more money, make their fans happier, etc. ANY real fan would give up those 5-10 spots in the draft for their team to advance a few rounds in the playoffs.
Anyone that wouldn't is not a fan of hockey and not someone I'd ever want being a fan of the sport.