All 14 Non Playoff teams could get#1

[Leaf Lander]

Why did the NHL do this?


How do we feel aboutand what odds do all teams have?

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[rdawg1234]

Why did the NHL do this?


How do we feel aboutand what odds do all teams have?

It's a great idea.

Odds dont change, any team past say 6th or 7th has about a 2% chance or less from what I remember.

But if this rule was in effect NJ would've had the first pick.

 

[Dangles McGavin]

That's so much better.

 

[crump]

I haven't seen it written in stone yet, but ya, The weighting system for each team may remain, but four-spot move restriction will be eliminated.

 

[Grant]

It prevents teams from having an incentive to tank. They only get a marginally better chance now to tank. Say a team is 10 points out of a playoff spot with 7 games left. They may give up due to odds being low of making the playoffs so they may as well try and tank to have a chance at #1. Now since they have a chance at #1 even if they miss the playoffs, they will still try to win all 7 games and possibly sneak in.

 

[indigobuffalo]

I don't agree that any team tanks. I believe it's a fantasy of fans. Guys on ****** teams are still playing for their jobs.

If there were actual commands from GMs or owners to the players to give up on the season (and Hey guys, don't worry, no one's job is at risk), then that creates such a dangerous environment.

Not to mention that someone, somewhere would have let that memo leak to the media.

 

[indigobuffalo]

I believe this measure would be included because the NHL is moving closer to parity, and this clause further institutes parity because it helps prevent (to a statistically small degree, albeit) teams that finish just outside the playoffs on a continuous basis, from stagnating.

 

[Grant]

I don't agree that any team tanks. I believe it's a fantasy of fans. Guys on ****** teams are still playing for their jobs.

If there were actual commands from GMs or owners to the players to give up on the season (and Hey guys, don't worry, no one's job is at risk), then that creates such a dangerous environment.

Not to mention that someone, somewhere would have let that memo leak to the media.

I don't think players give up, but it is possible that the gm tells the coaches to maybe not prepare them as well. For example in a PK meeting they may give inaccurate info on how the opposing team runs their PP or just not have a meeting at all. I think it is hard for a team to tank due to the competitiveness of the players (exception being Chinese badminton players ) but I think there are little things here and there that could help.

 

[rdawg1234]

It's not that they tank.

But If I want my team better and there's oh say 5 or so games left, I'd still try, but I'd try much less than if I were in the playoffs.

They know a team can get better through the draft(Although I find this is far more important in the NBA, the NHL can take a few years before being impacted by a drafted player.)

 

[charliolemieux]

Where the hell was this little gem when we were finishing 9th 10th and 11th with Sundin and Co.?



I guess I like it going forward. Must burn NJD 's butt. They went from 8th to 4th.

 

[alcanalz]

It's not that they tank.

But If I want my team better and there's oh say 5 or so games left, I'd still try, but I'd try much less than if I were in the playoffs.

They know a team can get better through the draft(Although I find this is far more important in the NBA, the NHL can take a few years before being impacted by a drafted player.)

None of the players on a team care about losing a couple more games so they can draft third instead of sixth. The fans might, same with the GM, but these guys are still going to go in to each game and battle.

I don't understand changing the system or how it affects anything for the better. The Stanley cup champs could have been one loss away from drafting first overall, how does that make sense?

People will rage when Pitts or Philly or a good team has a down year with injuries and such and gets first.

 

[Stephen]

It's not that they tank.

But If I want my team better and there's oh say 5 or so games left, I'd still try, but I'd try much less than if I were in the playoffs.

I really don't get this, since teams give more or less effort randomly throughout the season anyway, and someone has to finish dead last...

 

[Lebanese Leaf]

See NBA draft lottery:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nba_draft_lottery

 

[Kyle Doobas*]

I don't agree that any team tanks. I believe it's a fantasy of fans. Guys on ****** teams are still playing for their jobs.

If there were actual commands from GMs or owners to the players to give up on the season (and Hey guys, don't worry, no one's job is at risk), then that creates such a dangerous environment.

Not to mention that someone, somewhere would have let that memo leak to the media.

I agree, you don't really see teams intentionally 'tanking' anymore, but IIRC back in the day the Pittsburgh Penguins and New Jersey Devils were scratching healthy NHL players in favour of minor-league guys so they could get to the bottom of the standings and draft Lemieux.

 

[cyris]

It will be the same odds as before. All teams missing the playoffs were always involved in the lottery there was just a rule in place that said a team couldn't move up more than 4 spots. Now the 4 spot limit rule has been eliminated.

 

[BayStBullies]

The rigged process now has a wider reach; awesome!

:/

 

[Shimso]

I don't agree that any team tanks. I believe it's a fantasy of fans. Guys on ****** teams are still playing for their jobs.

If there were actual commands from GMs or owners to the players to give up on the season (and Hey guys, don't worry, no one's job is at risk), then that creates such a dangerous environment.

Not to mention that someone, somewhere would have let that memo leak to the media.

I agree about players not tanking. They may lose enthusiasm and motivation on a crappy team but they're not going to be thinking "we better lose so we can get someone who might take our roster spot".
However, I very much believe that some GMs & coaches would tank.

If a team is headed for bottom 5 in the league at the trade deadline, how many of these teams will make a move that might get them a few more wins? Virtually none; they'd rather sell assets than make a push to do whatever is possible to win games and IMO, anything that's not trying to win games is considered tanking/rebuilding/etc.

 

[Kirkpatrick]

I agree, you don't really see teams intentionally 'tanking' anymore, but IIRC back in the day the Pittsburgh Penguins and New Jersey Devils were scratching healthy NHL players in favour of minor-league guys so they could get to the bottom of the standings and draft Lemieux.

This was linked in the general forum, interesting comparison to the Ovechkin draft: http://old.post-gazette.com/pg/04088/292486.stm

 

[namttebih]

I don't even really see this as a deterrent to tank. The last place team usually wins the lottery anyway and if they don't they are still getting the second pick. What they should have done is used the balls to determine picks one through fourteen.

 

[Canada4Gold]

I don't even really see this as a deterrent to tank. The last place team usually wins the lottery anyway and if they don't they are still getting the second pick. What they should have done is used the balls to determine picks one through fourteen.

Last place team only has something like a 28% chance to win the lottery. Before their odds to get first pick were almost 50% because any team between 6 and 14 winning it still gave them the 1st pick, now they have to win the lottery so they only have about a 28% chance to pick first.

Yeah I do agree though, should determine all picks through lottery, not just 1 lottery winner getting 1st pick

 

[namttebih]

Last place team only has something like a 28% chance to win the lottery. Before their odds to get first pick were almost 50% because any team between 6 and 14 winning it still gave them the 1st pick, now they have to win the lottery so they only have about a 28% chance to pick first.

Yeah I do agree though, should determine all picks through lottery, not just 1 lottery winner getting 1st pick

Exactly. A one in three to get first overall and one hundred percent chance at a top two pick.

 

[Leaf Rocket]

The rigged process now has a wider reach; awesome!

:/

tanking goes down the drain.

 

[Lebanese Leaf]

Let me repeat this, TANKING HAS NOT BEEN ELIMINATED.

Look at the NBA draft lottery, the worst team still has a 25% at the first pick, with a 100% chance of picking in the top 4. the 14th worst team has a 98.2% chance of picking 14th. It's not as if all non-playoff teams now suddenly have a realistic shot at the #1 pick.


Here are the odds for each seed to get specific picks if there were no ties (rounded to 3 decimal places):
Seed Chances 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th
1 250 .250 .215 .178 .357
2 199 .199 .188 .171 .319 .123
3 156 .156 .157 .156 .226 .265 .040
4 119 .119 .126 .133 .099 .351 .160 .012
5 88 .088 .097 .107 ------ .261 .360 .084 .004
6 63 .063 .071 .081 -------------.439 .305 .040 .001
7 43 .043 .049 .058 -------------------.599 .232 .018 .000
8 28 .028 .033 .039 --------------------------.724 .168 .008 .000
9 17 .017 .020 .024 --------------------------------.813 .122 .004 .000
10 11 .011 .013 .016 ---------------------------------------.870 .089 .002 .000
11 8 .008 .009 .012 ---------------------------------------------.907 .063 .001 .000
12 7 .007 .008 .010 ----------------------------------------------------.935 .039 .000
13 6 .006 .007 .009 ----------------------------------------------------------.960 .018
14 5 .005 .006 .007 ----------------------------------------------------------------.982

 

[hockeygeek]

So help me god if the Oilers finish ninth in the west and end up winning the lottery..

 

[Fenton]

I'm very very happy with this change. Should help put a damper all the tanking ******** that goes on around here mid-season.