Ted Hoffman
The other Rick Zombo
- Dec 15, 2002
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I thought about this some more. I'll go along with the idea of making the draft "more fair" so that everyone has a chance of the #1 overall pick, provided the following changes are made first:
1. All team revenues are pooled and then distributed evenly among the 30 teams (so every team can truly afford to ice a competitive team),
2. Teams that are more successful in the standings have their upper limits reduced below that of less successful teams (so we can help achieve parity), and
3. Any provision stating a team cannot pick in the top X more than Y years in a row (example: no team can pick in the top 3 more than 2 years in a row) regardless of how bad the team may actually be in that timeframe and for what reason, is also accompanied by a provision stating that if a team makes the conference finals in a given year, they are ineligible for the playoffs the following year regardless of their record.
After all, I'm as sick and tired of seeing the same teams be the leading contenders for the Cup and make nearly perennial appearances in the conference finals as some of you are of seeing the same teams suck year after year and get to pick high in the draft. Who wants to keep seeing teams like New Jersey, Detroit, Colorado, Dallas and Philadelphia in the CF's year after year? That's boring. It's time to give everyone a shot at the Cup - who cares if they may have earned it? If we're giving teams that don't need the help a shot at the #1 overall pick, we should at least give those teams that have sucked year in and year out the chance to try and win the Cup.
You agree to those 3 conditions, I'll lead the charge to change how the draft order is set.
1. All team revenues are pooled and then distributed evenly among the 30 teams (so every team can truly afford to ice a competitive team),
2. Teams that are more successful in the standings have their upper limits reduced below that of less successful teams (so we can help achieve parity), and
3. Any provision stating a team cannot pick in the top X more than Y years in a row (example: no team can pick in the top 3 more than 2 years in a row) regardless of how bad the team may actually be in that timeframe and for what reason, is also accompanied by a provision stating that if a team makes the conference finals in a given year, they are ineligible for the playoffs the following year regardless of their record.
After all, I'm as sick and tired of seeing the same teams be the leading contenders for the Cup and make nearly perennial appearances in the conference finals as some of you are of seeing the same teams suck year after year and get to pick high in the draft. Who wants to keep seeing teams like New Jersey, Detroit, Colorado, Dallas and Philadelphia in the CF's year after year? That's boring. It's time to give everyone a shot at the Cup - who cares if they may have earned it? If we're giving teams that don't need the help a shot at the #1 overall pick, we should at least give those teams that have sucked year in and year out the chance to try and win the Cup.
You agree to those 3 conditions, I'll lead the charge to change how the draft order is set.