Jaded-Fan
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John Flyers Fan said:Snake drafts should not be used at all when a season has occurred, but a snake style draft, should absolutely be used this time when no season happened to base draft results on.
Bob McKenzie reported a few days ago that a snake style draft WILL happen this year.
For the first time we kind of agree.
I would propose as a compromise an averaging of three seasons, three tiers of drafting where teams can move anywhere in those tiers, weighted lottery . . . . and then as a give back snake the order of the draft in the second round.
That would reflect the fact that the teams who had the highest point totals still remain stacked for next year with veteran players that will compete for a Cup and teams that in no way will compete next year, again the same teams that would have legitimately been in the running for number one had there been a season.
But will allow for movement and some give back to teams who did well 2003-4 to reflect the fact that there was no season.
That would be a fair solution in my opinion that would reflect the realities of the teams and what the draft is intended to do.
As to McKenzie's reporting, a couple of days after McKenzie's article, there was a report that implied that the decision was not as settled as had been implied:
NHL draft proposal gets chilly reception
Associated Press
April 10, 2005
NHL general managers ended two days of meetings bickering among themselves. The six-hour, closed-door session between the GMs on Friday dealt with how to handle a draft that follows a season that never was. The proposal to have all 30 teams enter a lottery for the first pick was --stunningly--unpopular among teams that finished the 2003-04 season at the bottom of the standings. Usually, the draft order is set based on the previous season's standings
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune...ack=1&cset=true