I said it because it is fact . . . which I have linked over and over. Look here:
http://hfboards.com/showthread.php?t=146743
Almost 400 friggin' posts on the subject so I am not going to do so again for you, but I linked several times there. For every source that says that there will be a 1-30 lottery there must be 10 that say that it will be weighted. Fact . . . not diatribe or opinion as you are posting here.
And 'bleating on in every thread about handicapping big market teams at every oppotunity?' . . . Bull . . . I have never argued for handicapping anyone, only shot down clearly erroneous posts such as this one. My entire point has always been that fans of teams who claim that their teams are going to suffer armegedon (in the hopes of getting a 1-30 draft) are crying wolf, as shown in other posts elsewhere by them where they spout off on how their teams will not be touched and that the stanley cup is theirs for the taking . . . and they also are going to sign 40 FA's that they can of course fit under the cup.
I happen to agree with the less delusional parts of their claims. Certain teams for the short term, next year and the year after, will be better than others, much better than some. Therefore 1-30 is idiocy if you look to the purpose behind a draft. There, I have stated my position for the thousandth time. Maybe you will get it this time and see that it has nothing to do with 'handicapping' anyone. Quite the opposite actually.