Brian Burke on changing the Draft Lottery Format

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Burke is the best combination of entertainment value and straight-shooter / unedited commentary out there.

 

This morning - again - great stuff - saying that guys like Kesler are miserable, but tolerated because they take their misery with them onto the ice.

 

Unfortunately I think it seriously limited Kesler's potential.  His lack of 'emotional intelligence' seems to have spilled over into the kinds of decisions he'd make on the ice - notoriously unable to make linemates better, played 'angry' to the point it stunted him a lot of the time - squeezed his stick, forced hopeless wristers from other time zones instead of moving the puck - had a real lack of vision and creativity....Still made a whole lot of his talent, and worked hard, but you have to wonder what he might have been if he'd been aware of his weakest links.

[Davathor]

On 4/11/2019 at 2:12 PM, NUCKER67 said:

Thanks to the bloody Oilers tanking every year, the lottery is now a sham. If it wasn't, they would exploit it on TSN and get the viewers to tune in. Make a big deal out of it. All in the name of ratings.

 

50 years and the Canucks have never won the #1. NJ just won it twice in the last three years. This method is not working.

 

We've also never been last place, and wouldn't have got a #1 pick anyways. At least we have a chance now with the lotto.

 

It's working exactly as intended, so terms couldn't intentionally lose and stack top talent like Edmonton. Cutting off the lottery at top 5 will just create the same end of season problem the Oilers mastered - the bottom teams outside the playoffs will start trying to out-lose each other to get into the bottom 5 once playoffs are out of reach.