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Do you think the draft lottery is rigged?

Lottery Rigged?

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Crazydounut

Crazydounut

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Absolutely, think about it. Last season Buffalo and Carolina (2 teams dealing with some attendance issues and long playoff droughts) got the first 2 picks. With Ottawa (Another team dealing with attendance issues at the time and still) getting the third pick. Now 2 NY teams and CHICAGO??? Get the top 3 picks. The biggest market and the 3rd or 4th biggest market in the NHL get the top 3 picks. 2 seasons ago New Jersey and Philly (2 big market teams struggling in mediocrity) got the top 2 picks. With both of them coming in from outside the top 6
 
CantLoseWithMatthews

CantLoseWithMatthews

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Ctrain2k said:
We were actually bad teams when we won the lottery and not eliminated from the playoffs in the last few games of the season. The oilers have dropped every year under this new lottery so this really has to stop.
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The problem with Edmonton is not that they haven't benefited enough from the draft lottery, so I don't see any reason to feel too bad that they dropped
 

Fataldogg

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No. NJ isnt exactly a team the NHL needs to get going. They arent marketable, even when they are good. NJ won the 1st overall pick fairly.

If anything, the league would have pushed for Chicago or New York to get 1st overall because they are far more important to the leagues revenue.
 
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JoemAvs

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No but its a horrible system that needs to be changed asap. They overcorrected due to the Oilers and made the wrong kind of adjustments. Instead of preventing teams from repeatedly picking #1, they screwed up the whole system. 18.5%at getting #1 and more than a coinflip to drop from 1 to 4 is garbage and needs to be adressed.
 
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Suntouchable13

Suntouchable13

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I don't think there was a problem with the last place team getting the #1 overall pick, the second last second overall, third last third overall, etc. Keep it simple.
 

SlickHands

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boredmale said:
If it was rigged I don't think Jersey would have won, or the Oilers would have won like 4 times
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Actually, the opposite. The league wants to keep franchises where they are. Especially previously marque ones like the Devils or Oilers. A once proud franchise struggling to the point of potential relocation or irrelevance is not a good look for the league. I think fixing it to make the Oilers, Devils, etc, good would be absolutely in line with the league's agenda. Not that I have a strong opinion on whether or not this is actually happening.
 
fsanford

fsanford

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There is absolutely no reason they cannot do it live. I get it it screws up the "drama" but it certainly would eliminate any questions

Not saying their is a conspiracy, but you want to eliminate that kind of talk just do it live
 
settinguptheplay

settinguptheplay

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Apr 3, 2008
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Not rigged. Working as expected and that is the problem. I had a rant on the draft lottery last year and it is playing out exactly as I expected. Yes, it stops tanking. But it also punishes teams that are legitimately bad. There are teams that have fallen spots every year since it's implementation. Often times multiple spots.
 
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