Remember what happened to Colorado a couple years ago? Tanked, finished last, all is going well right? Wrong. The lottery happened and they dropped to 4th. All finishing 31st does is it secures you a top 5 pick. Not worth it.
@Heretic Technically true but in actual fact the Sedins were the best two prospects to draft in 1999...even at the time they were drafted. Stefan was only selected #1 overall because Burkie used his skills in 'wheeling & dealing' to get the Thrashers to pass on either Sedin.
They don't need to tank tbh, the Kings are getting old and are saddled with a few bothersome contracts. They're a slow team too which doesn't help with the league trending faster and faster.