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Post by Brenden-Oregon on May 16, 2023 10:14:02 GMT -5
In our lottery the most slots a team could drop was 3 and there is no limit as to how high a team can climb (unlike the 10 game max climb the NHL uses). "3 teams will be selected via the card draw referenced above to determine picks 1 through 3. This will insure that no team will fall more than 3 spots from their reverse points order finish." That's from the rule book. Wouldn't that mean only the teams who were selected in the top 3 for the lottery move up and everyone else would be 4 through 16 from worst to 16th in points? |
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Post by Scott-New Jersey on May 16, 2023 12:04:42 GMT -5
In our lottery the most slots a team could drop was 3 and there is no limit as to how high a team can climb (unlike the 10 game max climb the NHL uses). "3 teams will be selected via the card draw referenced above to determine picks 1 through 3. This will insure that no team will fall more than 3 spots from their reverse points order finish." That's from the rule book. Wouldn't that mean only the teams who were selected in the top 3 for the lottery move up and everyone else would be 4 through 16 from worst to 16th in points? That what it sounds like.. |
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Post by Glenn-Philadelphia on May 16, 2023 12:32:23 GMT -5
In reviewing, I agree that sentence is poorly written. When I inserted the FAQ from Brian's questions I mistakenly dropped that text in the middle of the existing Draft Lottery language separating and emphasizing the line in question. I believe the line was meant to convey that unlike previous lotteries, no team could drop more than 3 spots. I believe the spirit of the rule was to keep talent poor teams with high picks from having their picks fall way down in the draft while at the same time allowing better performing teams a chance at getting number one overall while providing some protection from teams tanking. I envisioned our lottery as being like the NHL (with a more general % allocation[the 3 bands of teams based on finish]) without the 10 spot max climb. In reviewing the language in the FAQ section as well, I transposed the responses to the questions regarding "is worst team getting number 1 pick considered winning?" and "what happens if a team wins more times in a five year period, is the draft scrapped and done again" responses. I am not going to edit that, or anything else in the rulebook, at the moment. *edit* It looks like this was also addressed in a direct question from Scott the week before last as well. gtgfhl.proboards.com/post/55754 |
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Post by Scott-New York on May 16, 2023 13:52:57 GMT -5
There should only be 3 cards selected, period. That's how you get no team dropping more than 3 spots.
First draw gets #1 overall
Second draw gets #2 overall
Third draw gets #3 overall
All other teams slide accordingly
Clean and concise, simple process
That is what I thought we were doing
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Post by Glenn-Philadelphia on May 16, 2023 15:31:47 GMT -5
Here is a comparison if the draft results would have been digested in the alternative manner. The middle column on the left hand side are the results as determined last night. The third column shows what the "only drawing for spots 1,2 and 3 look like. You can see that there isn't too much of a difference aside from Hartford's 5 spot jump and Toronto' 3 spot jump. Most are +/- 1 spot. The cards on the right were the actual results order from dealing 1 to 31 and then revealing cards 31 and progressing to the 1st overall pick. I think the way we did it last night protected teams from falling too far while further insulating the league from teams who might tank games.  |
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Post by Scott-Alaska on May 21, 2023 20:02:58 GMT -5
100 percent agreement with Scott Jones interpretation of the lottery results.
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