Brian Burke says there are two main changes he'd make to the NHL Draft Lottery.
that if it were up to him he’d make certain tweaks. The former NHL exec doubled down during a Wednesday appearance on The Starting Lineup, saying there are two main things he’d change about the draft lottery.“The teams that need the most help, get the most help. That’s the theory of inverse order of finish,” Burke said. “Now you’ve got teams that openly talk about tanking, teams that clearly tanked, so we have to put in a lottery. I agree. I get it.
The league tweaked that format in 2013 to give any non-playoff teams that won the lottery the first-overall pick then in 2016 added two additional lottery selections for the second- and third-overall picks.Simplifying the process and limiting it to five teams would eliminate a scenario like two years ago when the Flyers won the second lottery, moved up 11 spots to No. 2 and selected Nolan Patrick.
This type of change would be a complicated one to implement. It would, however, prevent what we’ve seen with a team like the Oilers this decade. Edmonton picked first in 2010, 2011 and 2012 then won the rights to Connor McDavid in 2015.
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