The 5 tanks are back at it!

[Zegs2sendhelp]

anaheim should be out of the bottom 5 soon. they have been at the rebuild a while.

Anaheims issue seems like coaching and getting free agents to sign here.

Pv basically went after every free agent

 

[westc2]

the league needs to make it a rule that you can't get a top 5 pick two years in a row.

 

[John Mandalorian]

It took the Avs 6 years after drafting MacKinnon to build a contender.

Just checked but the Avs had at least a .500 record in all but one of those seasons. They missed the playoffs three years in a row but their record most of those years doesn’t reallly serve as an example of tanking the way many seem to think.

 

[ohcomeonref]

the league needs to make it a rule that you can't get a top 5 pick two years in a row.

So that rebuilds take 10+ years instead of 5-6?

 

[Chinaski89]

It's because none of those teams have actually, truly, committed to a rebuild and still ice teams of overpaid, overvalued, and underperforming veterans. Those teams all missed the boat on when to start their rebuild.

Sharks finally did last year.

 

[PaulD]

You insinuate that every bad team is tanking. IMO - tanking is making your team worse in the goal of maximizing your chance for an early draft pick. The Hawks & Ducks have added guys to try and help the team be more competitive, it just hasn't worked. The Jackets had unfortunate set of circumstances with Laine deciding he needed a change in scenery and the terrible JG situation. MTL was counting on improvement in the young core, along with Laine who immediately got hurt, to take the next step. I don't think that any of those teams are "tanking" this year.

IMO - it's really hard to turn a losing organization around in the NHL. This isn't just a case where "theoretical talent = wins".
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not insinuating

You insinuate that every bad team is tanking. IMO - tanking is making your team worse in the goal of maximizing your chance for an early draft pick. The Hawks & Ducks have added guys to try and help the team be more competitive, it just hasn't worked. The Jackets had unfortunate set of circumstances with Laine deciding he needed a change in scenery and the terrible JG situation. MTL was counting on improvement in the young core, along with Laine who immediately got hurt, to take the next step. I don't think that any of those teams are "tanking" this year.

IMO - it's really hard to turn a losing organization around in the NHL. This isn't just a case where "theoretical talent = wins".

Nope. I'm not insuating anything. I am agreeing with the thread poster that the 5 teams are tanking.
You are insuating theyvare just "bad teams"
Which they are.....bad teams tanking.
IMHO
cheers

 

[Devilsfan2326]

Well there were a few weaker drafts from 2018-2022 and there was never that much parity, fewer teams are trying to shoot for mediocrity.
If you can't control and defend the center of the ice it is hard to win, and there weren't many great center prospects for a few years, let alone great 200 foot centers.

That is true, the players from those drafts had a rough go of it too trying to develop during that time. Am I way off by feeling like there are way more blowouts recently where one team kind of just rolls over? Feel like there are more shutouts and lopsided shot totals? Where could I pull up a stat chart about this stuff?

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

These teams may think they know how to tank, but the Pens are on the way back to reclaim the crown, and soon:

Pens know the right time to tank. Going to be bottoming out for the McKenna (2026) and Dupont (2027) drafts.