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From: mike@ucf-cs.UUCP (Ruthless )
Newsgroups: net.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: Re: NHL rule change
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Date: Fri, 21-Jun-85 04:57:17 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 21 04:57:17 1985
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If the NHL is currently such that a few teams have most of the best
skaters, then one can blame neither the current method of running the
draft, nor the old rules, for the advantages these teams during
coincidental minors.

The draft is run like other drafts, the worst teams get the first picks
and theoretically POTENTIALLY the best hockey players.  I emphasize
potentially because sometimes erratic inconsistent players bloom into
stars -- the Oilers for example.  In theory this process should
equalize the league over a period of time. In practice it doesn't. The
reasons boil down to better scouting.

The old rules merely demonstrated more vividly the bad scouting some
teams have.  Maybe the NHL should go to the root of the problem and
have an annual draft for scouts.  But then some teams would have better
scout scouts,  otherwise known as general managers.  You all can see
that ultimately we need a draft for team owners.  Actually, given that
we have gems like Harold Ballard in the league, this might not be such
a bad idea.  But my point is that new rule, and complaints about the
draft are all just covers for bad management on some teams.
And thus there is no single solution that the league can find
for the lack of parity; the problems apply to individual
clubs and will have to be solved there.
-- 
						Mike Eisler
uucp: {ihnp4!decvax,peora}!ucf-cs!mike		Dept. of Computer Science
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