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The Mighty Duck Man said:
It also assumes that the players give a shit about that, which they don't. Over half the Sharks lineup are competing for jobs right now, their play isn't going to be influenced one way or another by what pick the team gets.
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No player ever does. They were talking about the Sharks tanking. Organizations tank, not players.
My point was limited to the fact that there is indeed an organizational benefit to tanking even though they don’t have a 1st. The players desires are irrelevant to the fact that that benefit exists.
 
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Ducks DVM said:
More of this, if you’ve got the time
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Can't believe that I forgot to include the Ottawa game on Tuesday in terms of list of important games. That's a bad omission on my part. I have failed you Anakin.

So the updated schedule and results are as follows:

New Jersey (tomorrow, 3/1) L 0-3
at Chicago (3/3) L 2-6
Ottawa (3/10)
2X LA (away 3/14, home 4/3)
Montreal (3/15)
at San Jose (4/4)

As far as the standings, I'll probably do a comprehensive update in a couple weeks. Speaks to the fact that the Ducks are competitive and everyone else keeps winning that I don't have to do a tracker every night like I did last year.
 
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Ducks DVM said:
No player ever does. They were talking about the Sharks tanking. Organizations tank, not players.
My point was limited to the fact that there is indeed an organizational benefit to tanking even though they don’t have a 1st. The players desires are irrelevant to the fact that that benefit exists.
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Oh I know, I agree, just pointing out that at this point it's pretty much only the players who can tank and they'd never do that
 
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I'd just like to emphasize that I absolutely detest Buffalo. They're on the verge of pulling the exact same stunt as last season, losing out on most of their games with a stupidly low effort, having gone 7-11-1 since the All-Star break albeit playing against much worse teams for most of this stretch, including Ottawa and Detroit twice (and going 1-2-1 with 12-18 goals against those) [47-63 goals since the All-Star break].

They now ride a six-game losing streak and face Washington, Montreal, Boston and Carolina (x2) next.

I'm tempted so say they won't get more than 6-8 points out of their remaining games if they keep their level of "effort" up, and I feel it's pretty obvious they now are in full tank-mode in order to get the best possible Draft picks. Here's hoping they will fall the maximum amount of picks possible in the Draft as a consequence.
 
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GermanRocket7 said:
I'd just like to emphasize that I absolutely detest Buffalo. They're on the verge of pulling the exact same stunt as last season, losing out on most of their games with a stupidly low effort, having gone 7-11-1 since the All-Star break albeit playing against much worse teams for most of this stretch, including Ottawa and Detroit twice (and going 1-2-1 with 12-18 goals against those) [47-63 goals since the All-Star break].

They now ride a six-game losing streak and face Washington, Montreal, Boston and Carolina (x2) next.

I'm tempted so say they won't get more than 6-8 points out of their remaining games if they keep their level of "effort" up, and I feel it's pretty obvious they now are in full tank-mode in order to get the best possible Draft picks. Here's hoping they will fall the maximum amount of picks possible in the Draft as a consequence.
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It’s a disgraceful franchise. To have Eichel and Dahlin on good contracts yet still be as bad as they are is shameful, really
 
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AngelDuck said:
It’s a disgraceful franchise. To have Eichel and Dahlin on good contracts yet still be as bad as they are is shameful, really
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It's like the Oilers for the past decade. If I'm not mistaken, this is McDavid's 2nd time the playoffs since he's been in the league. I hope Buffalo doesn't get a top 5 pick.
 
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jiggsawpuzzle35 said:
It's like the Oilers for the past decade. If I'm not mistaken, this is McDavid's 2nd time the playoffs since he's been in the league. I hope Buffalo doesn't get a top 5 pick.
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At least the Oilers have had a couple decent seasons. Not only have the Sabres not made the playoffs with Eichel, they haven’t come remotely close to it. And arguably haven’t improved in a couple years
 
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It may f*** over us a bit, but I can tell you I absloutely love seeing Buffalo be crap year after year. What an annoying fanbase for both of their shitty teams.
 
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The league should do something about teams that consistently suck/tank on purpose. Here’s my wild and crazy proposal.

1.) The worst team in the league automatically cannot pick 1st.
2.) Teams cannot have 2 1st overall picks within a 4 year period.
3.) Teams that have not made the playoffs in five consecutive seasons will drop a place down at the draft.
4.) Out of the bottom 10 teams, the team that has gained the most points since the trade deadline should have a 15% chance of getting the 1st overall pick.
 
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That contract has to be the worst in the league right? Never got over 63 points in a season and making 9 mil. Wow.
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absolutely. and it's funny looking back the day it was signed and people defending it because "well the Sabres HAD to do it." like no, the Sabres didn't, moves like that is why the franchise stays in the cellar year after year.
 
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darkwingduck said:
Buffalo fans have consistently posted some awful trade proposals for Ducks players. And I don't think they have the nicest posters on hfboards (but who does really).

Ex. Ennis for Fowler.
Risto > Lindholm
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Yeah that one guy Hagrid or something, really fixated on his Fowler for Ennis deal, with the main scope of his argument being that Fowler sucks.
 
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Have no issue with Buffalo. Actually feel bad for their fans, my cousin and brother in law are Sabre’s fans. But if the Ducks had a Eichel and Dahlin type player in their line up now, would be in a WC playoff spot now. Imo.
 
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And right on cue, the Sabres finally win a game. They move 3 points ahead of Anaheim with 13 to play
 
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Kings could end up 3 points back of the Ducks as we head into the Tuesday-Wednesday B2B with a win tonight. Currently up 2-0 at the end of 1 period

If they hold on tonight, they will have won 6 straight and 9 of 12, and the Freeway Faceoff Saturday afternoon could end up far more interesting for additional ping pong balls than I initially realized (bearing in mind that this is the tank thread, I do always want to beat the Kings regardless of standing position).
 
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