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Around the League 2018-2019 Part 3

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KopitarFAN said:


The 3 annual magazines all have the same 4 teams finishing last in their divisions.
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I like this guy. It's funny he talks about recency bias. I think that is why everyone has LA as last. I truly think we can expect bouncebacks for a handful of players some key players (Kopitar, Doughty, Quick). I think LA will be out side of the playoffs but will improve on last year
 
YP44 said:
I like this guy. It's funny he talks about recency bias. I think that is why everyone has LA as last. I truly think we can expect bouncebacks for a handful of players some key players (Kopitar, Doughty, Quick). I think LA will be out side of the playoffs but will improve on last year
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It's not just recency bias... it's also that people can't and don't pay close attention to all 31 teams.

Including the hockey guy.
 
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Bandit said:
The Kings sure have had and impressive "Team Too Late"...

Lecavalier
Iginla
Phaneuf
Gaborik (to a lesser extent since he was money in 2014)

If this was 2008 it would be a wet dream.
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and that is just recently I am sure there are way more if you go farther back
 
KingsFan7824 said:
Yeah, absolute tanking isn't quite worth it anymore. That's why the league does what it does with the lottery. Can't really even call it getting boned. The league just doesn't want the "be horrible for ____" campaigns.
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I bet there will be a year when a stacked defending SC champ will lose a goalie or something, and miss the playoffs by a few points, only to win the draft lottery.bank on it!
 
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kingsfan28 said:
I bet there will be a year when a stacked defending SC champ will lose a goalie or something, and miss the playoffs by a few points, only to win the draft lottery.bank on it!
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That's how the Spurs got Tim Duncan. Spurs were a very good team and made the conference finals. David Robinson missed the next season due to a back/foot injuries. Spurs tanked and got the #1 pick. Selected Tim Duncan. Robinson returned healthy.
 
Just an excuse to re-tell a story about how the NBA affected the NHL Draft lottery:

- June 1993: Ottawa drafts Alex Daigle #1 overall. Their owner got liquored up and bragged about tanking the last game at a post-Draft party in order to guarantee them Daigle. NHL wasn't happy, so they fined him, and looked to make changes in the next CBA.

- January 1995: New CBA is ratified, NHL agrees to institute a Draft Lottery.

- May 1995: NHL forgets to figure out the lottery rules ahead of time. They try to figure it out on the fly at the GM meetings, but now with the season over, several GMs have conflicts of interest. Simultaneously, the Orlando Magic had the best record in the Eastern Conference and are en route to an NBA Finals appearance. In the moment, they looked primed to be the next dynasty thanks in big part to their unlikely 1 in 66 lottery win in 1993 which eventually netted Penny Hardaway to go with Shaq.

The momentum leads to the NHL wanting to avoid an "Orlando" situation where a good non-playoff team ends up with the top pick. So they institute the rule where a team can only move up a maximum of four spots which stood until 2013.

- June 1995: Kings win the first draft lottery, move from #7 to #3. They draft Aki Berg. So you can blame Shaq/Penny for the Kings not getting Bryan Berard.
 
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Brodeur said:
Just an excuse to re-tell a story about how the NBA affected the NHL Draft lottery:

- June 1993: Ottawa drafts Alex Daigle #1 overall. Their owner got liquored up and bragged about tanking the last game at a post-Draft party in order to guarantee them Daigle. NHL wasn't happy, so they fined him, and looked to make changes in the next CBA.

- January 1995: New CBA is ratified, NHL agrees to institute a Draft Lottery.

- May 1995: NHL forgets to figure out the lottery rules ahead of time. They try to figure it out on the fly at the GM meetings, but now with the season over, several GMs have conflicts of interest. Simultaneously, the Orlando Magic had the best record in the Eastern Conference and are en route to an NBA Finals appearance. In the moment, they looked primed to be the next dynasty thanks in big part to their unlikely 1 in 66 lottery win in 1993 which eventually netted Penny Hardaway to go with Shaq.

The momentum leads to the NHL wanting to avoid an "Orlando" situation where a good non-playoff team ends up with the top pick. So they institute the rule where a team can only move up a maximum of four spots which stood until 2013.

- June 1995: Kings win the first draft lottery, move from #7 to #3. They draft Aki Berg. So you can blame Shaq/Penny for the Kings not getting Bryan Berard.
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I remember Aki's rosy red cheeks-that's about it.
 
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Ziggy Stardust said:
I remember him getting his ass kicked by Mario Lemieux. And he actually held out an entire season. Aki Berg of all people.
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Career highlight was the last game at the Forum in pre-season v. the Ducks. Injured Selanne and then fought Mike Leclerq, I believe. Didn't do too bad in the fight, either. Entire crowd chanting "Aki, Aki".
 
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