It's only tanking when other teams do it.
Shockingly bad teams are going to be bad, especially after being sellers at the trade deadline.
Hell, in Edmonton's case they were sans their top 5 scorers to end the season (4 injuries and the Penner trade) and their #1 defenseman. Considering this team couldn't win much with those players how exaclty are they supposed to win without them when practically everyone else in the conference is pushing for a playoff spot?
Ottawa, Colorado, Edmonton. That's my prediction, as unlikely as it is. Although Edmonton might be upset to see RNH and Larsson gone before they pick.
I have a gut feeling that florida wins it, of course i said the saem thing last year lol. If they do, cue the "Lottery rigged for South Teams"
Colorado is not the 2nd worst team in the NHL, far from it.
Wow if Colorado won, they would have Duchene, Stastny, Johnson and Larsson to build around.
FTFY
They need some good wingers but yes... Add in O'Reilly, Elliott and Barrie (2 of the WHL's best defenders) and Hishon (arguably the best forward in the OHL last year), with Pickard (already going to LEM) and Aittokallio and Patterson they have a great team to play with coming up here.
It's only tanking when other teams do it.
That's not tanking.Actually it isn't, not even freaking close. There are plenty of teams in the playoff race who realize it just isn't their year and trade off assets at the trade deadline.
I believe that to be a construct for you to feel better about Devils season.
Ie, when Devils are really bad for half a season it's just because they are bad. When other teams are bad for half a season they are in reality doing it to purposely lose, because they clearly can't just be bad for half a season. That can only happen in the first half of the year.
Feeling smug about winning more in the last half of the season than the first is of course the prerogative of any fan base. I'm just pointing out how silly it is.
I want Florida to have it so they can get RNH, Edmonton to get Second to get Larsson, Colorado to get third to take Landeskog.