I removed some but I still like breaking HB lol
- Horseguts

It's great fun!

It's great fun!
- glove_was_stuck

Darn tootin!

nobody wants that guy back he was the worst next Ian Esplen.
- glove_was_stuck

Now there we can definitly agree!

Clouts and Esplen were poop!

Now there we can definitly agree!

Clouts and Esplen were poop!
- Iggysbff

Darn tootin!
- Horseguts

Hey guts. Have not seen you in a while buddy!

I know how to fix the lottery, get rid of it and just give the Oilers the first overall every year. I think that is plenty fair

Hey guts. Have not seen you in a while buddy!
- Iggysbff

Yeah I had to take a break from the derp. Once I saw this blog I just had to chime in

GARTH has a blog titled "Frankincense and Murray"....I want to destroy something beautiful.

GARTH has a blog titled "Frankincense and Murray"....I want to destroy something beautiful.
- glove_was_stuck

Go kill a unicorn, you will feel better

GARTH has a blog titled "Frankincense and Murray"....I want to destroy something beautiful.
- glove_was_stuck

You can wreck me.

You can wreck me.
- eichiefs9

YESSSSSSSS

Straight lottery, equal odds for the bottom 14 teams. These teams tanking is embarrassing for the sport.
- Jordo

Why not straight lottery for all teams regardless of a playoff spot. Really prevent tanking and IMO stops rewarding teams for making stupid decisions. Whether you win the cup or finish 30th, you have a chance at the 1st overall.

Weighed of course towards the bottom teams but any team can rise or fall as many spots as they want. Finish 30th and there is a chance you pick 30th overall. Forces teams to start making wiser decisions.

Make it similar and as exciting as the Crosby draft

They'll have an advantage with the most games to do that.
- Streit2ThePoint

They still need to start winning

Why not straight lottery for all teams regardless of a playoff spot. Really prevent tanking and IMO stops rewarding teams for making stupid decisions. Whether you win the cup or finish 30th, you have a chance at the 1st overall.

Weighed of course towards the bottom teams but any team can rise or fall as many spots as they want. Finish 30th and there is a chance you pick 30th overall. Forces teams to start making wiser decisions.

Make it similar and as exciting as the Crosby draft
- willey101

I think that's too extreme in the other direction.

I'm shooting from the hip here, but...

you take the 14 teams that miss the playoffs, take the two median teams and they receive the highest (an equal) percentage of getting the first overall pick. You can have a sliding scale of percentages as you go up to the top 6/bottom 6 teams that surround them. So the team with the fewest points and the team with the most points (out of non-playoff teams) will have the smallest chance of picking first overall. that percentage will increase as your get closer to the median teams.

So, for this season:

CGY
OTT
SJS
FLA
COL
DAL
PHI
NJD
CBJ
CAR
TOR
EDM
ARI
BUF

The bolded teams, PHI & NJD, have the highest chance of picking 1st. As you move in either direction of those teams, your chances gradually decrease. So you're (likely) not giving a team that just misses the playoffs a top pick, nor are you rewarding an embarrassment like Buffalo for being historically bad.

So DAL & CBJ would share the next highest percentage of the 1st pick. Followed by COL & CAR, and so on.

- Horseguts

speaking of horseguts

that johnny red will make you buck

speaking of horseguts

that johnny red will make you paralyzed
- jimi james

fixed

speaking of horseguts

that johnny red will make you buck
- jimi james

Wild Turkey

fixed
- eichiefs9

I love scotch, but Johnny aint scotch imo
holy (frank) that poop's raunchy

I think that's too extreme in the other direction.

I'm shooting from the hip here, but...

you take the 14 teams that miss the playoffs, take the two median teams and they receive the highest (an equal) percentage of getting the first overall pick. You can have a sliding scale of percentages as you go up to the top 6/bottom 6 teams that surround them. So the team with the fewest points and the team with the most points (out of non-playoff teams) will have the smallest chance of picking first overall. that percentage will increase as your get closer to the median teams.

So, for this season:

CGY
OTT
SJS
FLA
COL
DAL
PHI
NJD
CBJ
CAR
TOR
EDM
ARI
BUF

The bolded teams, PHI & NJD, have the highest chance of picking 1st. As you move in either direction of those teams, your chances gradually decrease. So you're (likely) not giving a team that just misses the playoffs a top pick, nor are you rewarding an embarrassment like Buffalo for being historically bad.

So DAL & CBJ would share the next highest percentage of the 1st pick. Followed by COL & CAR, and so on.
- eichiefs9

I 100% agree with this.

I 100% agree with this.

- Streit2ThePoint

Yeah but for the love of god pick a defenseman

I 100% agree with this.

- Streit2ThePoint

Flyersbuzz

Yeah but for the love of god pick a defenseman
- eichiefs9

With the first overall pick of the 2015 NHL draft, the Philadelphia Flyers are proud to trade it to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Dion Phaneuf.

Why not straight lottery for all teams regardless of a playoff spot. Really prevent tanking and IMO stops rewarding teams for making stupid decisions. Whether you win the cup or finish 30th, you have a chance at the 1st overall.

Weighed of course towards the bottom teams but any team can rise or fall as many spots as they want. Finish 30th and there is a chance you pick 30th overall. Forces teams to start making wiser decisions.

Make it similar and as exciting as the Crosby draft
- willey101

....

With the first overall pick of the 2015 NHL draft, the Philadelphia Flyers are proud to trade it to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Nazem Kadri.
- Streit2ThePoint

Flyers would never get D man. Always forwards. Defense is for losers.