Jason MacIsaac said:
My team is the Devils, won 3 cups in last 10 years, best drafting team in the NHL. I don't care if we get a shot at Crosby.
Teams that don't have money don't because they sold off all they players to rebuild and fans don't want to watch that sort of stuff.
Teams that are scared of the cap? The Rangers are the reason why there will be a cap. I have no pity for them if they don't get Crosby.
There was no 2004-05 season so how are we suppost to know if a team that gets a major injury wouldn't fall or a team that loses players via UFA wouldn't fall. The Penguins, Capitals, Rangers ect got rewarded for their poor season, no way in hell should they be rewarded again for that season.
Ok, I was wrong, sorry, and you don't have to give me all the of the good things your team did. Isn't that guy on your avatar wearing a Kings jersey? I'm not saying you should have any sympathy for the Rangers, that's a whole different issue, but the reason they sold off was not because they wanted Crosby, but because they were afraid of the cap. C'mon, go by common sense, in the last how many years, the Devils, the Red Wings, the Avalanche, and the Flyers, have been in the playoffs, and have been cup contenders. Are you saying they never had any injuries? It's called depth and a good system. Toronto, Ottawa are other such teams (I can also add St. Louis and Dallas, though St. Louis almost missed the playoffs last season and Dallas missed them not too long ago, but those were abberations). One, maybe two of those teams max maybe won't make the playoffs, you know that most of the teams I listed will make the playoffs, injuries or not. So why should all these teams have an equally good chance at winning the lottery? Besides, the spirit of the lottery is to help teams that truly suck get a good player, not that suck for one year because of some injuries. You're just incredibly biased, and it shows. While I'm biased too, I already said that going by the exact same standings and system as 03-04, will be more fair than throwing teams' names into a hat. Under those standings and that system the Rangers have ZERO shot at Crosby, but it's more fair. The fact that technically the Devils might get Crosby and the Penguins the 30th pick, where the chances of the Devils not only not making the playoffs last year but also being in the bottom 5 of the league, injuries or not, and the Penguins being good enough for the 30th pick, are ZERO. However, the chances that the Devils will indeed get that first pick and the Penguins the 30th are as good as the teams getting getting any other picks, and that's ridiculous and will make the NHL a MOCKERY. If you don't feel this way, you're truly have no sense of impartiality. And what bothers me more, is not the fact that bad teams can get an equal chance of getting bad picks, but that the entire spirit of the league, of having bad teams improve will be completely wiped out, and perennial powerhouses that would almost certainly not have a chance at Crosby, if the teams played, and anyone that says otherwise is fooling themselves, will have a chance at him. If the NHL would do anything where perennial powerhouses get as good of a chance to win the lottery as the Rangers or Penguins, I'll be done with it, as it'll be an even bigger joke than it already is.