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Kr55 Messages: 10556
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
6 Cups
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benv wrote on Tue, 07 May 2024 20:09 | Perusing the internet today, I saw an idea for the draft lottery that I thought was brilliant (I can't remember where I saw it, or I would credit the author).
The sixteen non-playoff teams each draft one of the sixteen playoff teams (last place team gets first pick going up from there). Team that drafts the cup winner gets first overall pick.
I love that this gives the fans of all the non-playoff teams a team to route for in the playoffs. You can even make it determine the whole first 16 picks: final loser gets pick 2, semi-finalists get picks 3-4 etc.
Watching the teams pick their playoff teams would be a much more fun spectacle as well. You'd have teams maybe not wanting to pick their natural rivals (how hard would it be for the Flames to pick the Oilers).
Anyway I never heard this before and I have to say I love it! The one potential flaw is when a team in the playoffs owns one of the picks of the non-playoff teams--that might complicate things (although this is rare).
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Interesting idea. Wonder if we can be kinder to the really crappy teams. Maybe only the top 6 teams can participate in the team lottery for the #1 OA. Bottom 4 teams gets 3 picks each, others get 2 picks. Worst teams get the first shot at favorites and should still have a really good chance, but leaves all kinds of opportunity for surprises.
Maybe rest of non-playoff teams can have their own picking for a 5 spot jump. 7th place team could jump to #2 pick if they are lucky.
Definitely ways they could make it all more interesting. I kinda like that the teams themselves would have some non-luck based control.
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