westvandude Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Once again I'm reminded of why chance-based results are heart wrenching. I play a lot of games, and hate the ones that are mostly chance based. Even the good old monopoly, I refuse to play unless a new rule is in effect where the players don't buy the lot they land in by a throw of the dice, instead it goes straight to auction. Makes the game so much more tactical and skill-based as opposed to luck-based. This new draft system is even more luck based than the old, and I feel the sting more because we end up on the losing end of it. Had it been a normal reverse order, we would have gotten #3. I prefer tanking as a strategy than hoping to get lucky. So the new system I'm proposing is the system my fantasy pool has switch over in the past few years and it has greatly increased the fun of the draft. Instead of a luck-based draft order pick, the drafts are auction-based. It'd be a complicated system, but it would be much more fair, interesting,strategic. Let me explain: The New Draft System: - Teams receive a certain amount of "draft money" to bid on the order of the draft for first 3 or 4 rounds of draft. Going first of course is the most valuable so everyone would want that, but you'd be giving up your ability to draft in the lower rounds. - The teams that finish lower will get more money to compensate for their crappier teams, and so have a higher chance at winning the highest drafts. - Auction is a silent auction system (to make it faster and more strategic). GMs would give their bids for the 1st overall pick, with the highest bid winning it and that GM losing that amount out of their total "draft money". In case of a tie, a draw is done, or the lower ranked team gets the tie-breaker (either way, the losing highest bidder won't be hard done as they will have the money they bid for the next auction) - This goes down until every team has spent all their "draft money", and after that the draft is the order of standing. Example: This year, say the total "draft money" given to each team would be as follows: 1) Leafs: $1000 2) Oilers: $975 3) Canucks: $950 . . . 29) Stanley cup finalist: $300 30) Stanley cup winner: $275 Since this year top 3 are supposedly very close, the teams would probably bid high for the first 3 drafts. If the leafs want Matthews guaranteed, they can bid $976 and be sure they have outbid everyone, but now they only have $24 left and will likely not be able to draft again until the 3rd round (of course depending on how the other team's go about their bidding strategy). Benefits of Such System: - No more "we get unlucky again :(", it's all up to the GMs bidding strategy and cost benefit analysis of high picks vs lower ones - Still gives lower finishing teams (i.e. crappier teams) a better chance at drafts vs higher teams - The random luck of draft year is taken out as well since some years there are multiple superstars, and so teams can spend all their "draft money" for the highest bids, but some years the top picks aren't that good. Why should the teams that finished last that year be penalized just because they didn't suck at the "right" year?! Downsides: - Takes a while and more headache for the GMs, but they get the big bucks and I'd bet they'd prefer more control over the fate of their teams What you guys think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEON.KNEE Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 10 minutes ago, westvandude said: What you guys think? Worse idea than what unfolded tonight... I see a great opportunity for even more collusion amongst GM's in the NHL's inner circle jerk like CBJ and Mr. katz in EDM. Chevldayoff is also a league YES man... The Canucks can't win while Bettman and his goons are running this league Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcon45ca Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Draft order should be decided by a No Limit Texas Hold-Em' Poker tourney with the GM's. Televised live for the fans, it would be epic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gstank29 Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 So it's more fair because we get the 3rd overall pick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shazzam Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 We all knew what the system was before the lottery took place. Why create this right after the draw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 2 minutes ago, falcon45ca said: Draft order should be decided by a No Limit Texas Hold-Em' Poker tourney with the GM's. Televised live for the fans, it would be epic. I say a good ole fashion game of lawn darts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Or we can take the risk of teams tanking and just have a draft order where you end up is where you draft. Montreal was able to fleece the Oakland/California seals because of shrewd trading, and making sure the team that was looking to be worst in the league to not finish last. They traded players to get LA to move up in the draft and get Guy Lafleur with their Seals first round pick. Draft lotteries are a gimmick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 31 minutes ago, westvandude said: What you guys think? Save face and delete your incredibly stupid post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcon45ca Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Just now, Shift-4 said: I say a good ole fashion game of lawn darts. Drunk lawn darts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 1 minute ago, falcon45ca said: Drunk lawn darts. With using grandmas as defenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 5 minutes ago, falcon45ca said: Drunk lawn darts. Using the old metal pointy spear bottom ones that were banned in the U.S. a couple of decades ago. *edit* not being negative. I loved the old metal lawn darts. The people who stabbed themselves with them, and got them banned, were ginormous idiots. Let nature take its course. Stand in the way of a metal spear and prepare for the consequences. It's how the dumbest of the dumb are weeded out of the gene pool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Legs Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 How about a a GM Royal Rumble? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcon45ca Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Just now, SabreFan1 said: Using the old metal pointy spear bottom ones that were banned in the U.S. a couple of decades ago. Quit being a wet blanket, live a little! They can hold the tourney on a big yacht in international waters. Problem solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 4 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said: Or we can take the risk of teams tanking and just have a draft order where you end up is where you draft. Montreal was able to fleece the Oakland/California seals because of shrewd trading, and making sure the team that was looking to be worst in the league to not finish last. They traded players to get LA to move up in the draft and get Guy Lafleur with their Seals first round pick. Draft lotteries are a gimmick. If I look back at last year's lottery draft threads, will I find a post of you crying about how unfair the 2015 draft was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 2 minutes ago, falcon45ca said: Quit being a wet blanket, live a little! They can hold the tourney on a big yacht in international waters. Problem solved. Wet blanket?! I frickin' loved those things!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 3 minutes ago, SabreFan1 said: Using the old metal pointy spear bottom ones that were banned in the U.S. a couple of decades ago. Precisely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Jay 22 Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Medieval Times Jousting Tournament featuring all the Gm's. More entertaining for the fans, and Bettman gets to where a crown and sit on a thrown: 2 of his 3 biggest dreams (The 3rd being opening a team in Las Vegas). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcon45ca Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 1 minute ago, SabreFan1 said: Wet blanket?! I frickin' loved those things!!!!! I remember backyard BBQ parties with beers, burgers, & kids running around with a good ole' fashion murder game of lawn darts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 3 minutes ago, Shift-4 said: Precisely! I loved those those things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 3 minutes ago, SabreFan1 said: If I look back at last year's lottery draft threads, will I find a post of you crying about how unfair the 2015 draft was? Of Edmonton winning, how does that change wanting the draft without lotteries? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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