February 22, 20169 yr comment_184690 I hear O'reilly is out for awhile. Gonna be hard to finish below Buffalo and Toronto. And Edmonton still in last? A team could try really hard to be that bad and still not be that bad...with that talent? The Oilers should lose draft picks at this point.
February 22, 20169 yr comment_184724 The only way we getting Matthews now is through the luck of the lottery. TOR pretty much got it the way they trading their players away Edited February 22, 20169 yr by FrostyWinnipeg
February 22, 20169 yr comment_184736 9 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said: The only way we getting Matthews now is through the luck of the lottery. TOR pretty much got it the way they trading their players away Hard to tell who's even on that roster anymore... or the farm team...
February 22, 20169 yr comment_184744 3 hours ago, bearpants said: Tim Stapleton had a pretty good run here... we should re-sign him... I wonder what Phil Sykes is doing these days...
February 22, 20169 yr comment_184759 TO knows how to tank properly. The lottery wasn't in their favor last year but maybe this year.
February 22, 20169 yr Author comment_184794 1 hour ago, kelownabomberfan said: I wonder what Phil Sykes is doing these days... Bring back the Philmster! Edited February 22, 20169 yr by IC Khari
February 22, 20169 yr comment_184797 8 minutes ago, IC Khari said: Bring back the Philmster! I still remember when he got his bell rung (the old timey phrase for "concussion") and instead of getting on the Jets bench he climbed into the Kings bench and sat down.
February 22, 20169 yr comment_184800 someone was just tweeting, that next year they should put all 14 non-playoff teams in a lottery for 1st, stop rewarding failure. it seems rather insane that its either make the playoffs or tank mentality. I'd be in favor of this
February 22, 20169 yr comment_184819 47 minutes ago, Taynted_Fayth said: someone was just tweeting, that next year they should put all 14 non-playoff teams in a lottery for 1st, stop rewarding failure. it seems rather insane that its either make the playoffs or tank mentality. I'd be in favor of this as the Oilers have proven though, when teams are really bad they really benefit from getting a lot of first overall or near first overall draft picks to help them climb out of the cella....oh forget it.
February 22, 20169 yr comment_184838 Here's what Ken Hodge proposes... I have long believed that the only solution to tanking is a random draw, minus odds, for the number-one draft position, with all 14 non-playoff teams eligible. I must concede that widespread support for this idea has not been forthcoming. So here’s another one. The day after the trade deadline, the NHL takes the teams sitting in positions 26-30, using points per game to balance the totals, and awards those teams the first five spots in the draft, with the order to be determined. By a lottery? No, by their performance during the rest of the season. And here’s the kicker; the number-one draft position goes to the team, among those five, that gains the most points, not the fewest. In other words, games in March and April involving those five teams would reward success, not failure. Imagine an 82nd game of the season between the Leafs and the Oilers, with no points separating them, and the best odds on Auston Matthews awaiting the winner. Further details are available upon request, but the current lottery system, or, preferably, my unweighted version, would be used to determine draft order beyond the fifth position. Should you worry that a team might maneuver its way into the bottom five just prior to the trade deadline, I admire your attention to detail here, and offer, yet again, the hat with 14 teams in it.
February 23, 20169 yr comment_184865 Isn't the risk in the current system where all non playoff teams have a shot at #1 crating more likelihood of tanking? What if you're a bubble team with a chance to sneak into the playoffs where chances are you're going to get killed or get a lottery ticket for first over all? What incentive is tjere to try and sneak in? Besides money that comes with hosting two games? has the new format stopped TO from making trades that are helping them lose?
February 23, 20169 yr comment_184892 Somebody has to finish last or bottom 5 every year. So be it. Don't think Toronto wins the lottery anyway since draft gods don't seem to like teams who actually tank.
February 23, 20169 yr comment_184893 24 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said: Columbus wins. Jets in second last.
February 23, 20169 yr comment_184910 3 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said: Columbus wins. Jets in second last. 3rd pick atm. TO and EDM have same number of points. TO has 10 guys in their lineup who played in AHL this year. Now THAT'S tanking! Edited February 23, 20169 yr by FrostyWinnipeg
February 23, 20169 yr comment_184911 7 hours ago, IC Khari said: Phil Sykes takes on Gretzky and Kurri LOL ... Nice reminder that the refs have always been garbage !
February 24, 20169 yr comment_185135 Yup. Integrity of the game right there. Leafs aren't even pretending not to be tanking. Word is a goalie is gone right away and Kadri too
February 24, 20169 yr comment_185142 50 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said: Yup. Integrity of the game right there. Leafs aren't even pretending not to be tanking. Word is a goalie is gone right away and Kadri too Too many Leafs regimes tried to salvage wreckage... needed to be torn apart long time ago
February 24, 20169 yr comment_185150 3rd pick? Nope. The draft lottery will determine where we pick. Could be 1st 2nd 3rd or 6th right now
February 24, 20169 yr comment_185152 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th or 6th right now.... Pavs is out of position because he plays too far out of the net.....840 sv%?????? who is going to trade for him?
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