Come on Jets, how low (in the standings) can we go?

Edited January 25, 201610 yr by IC Khari

The only way we getting Matthews now is through the luck of the lottery. TOR pretty much got it the way they trading their players away

Edited February 22, 20169 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

9 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

The only way we getting Matthews now is through the luck of the lottery. TOR pretty much got it the way they trading their players away

Hard to tell who's even on that roster anymore...  or the farm team...

 

3 hours ago, bearpants said:

Tim Stapleton had a pretty good run here... we should re-sign him...

I wonder what Phil Sykes is doing these days...

TO knows how to tank properly. The lottery wasn't in their favor last year but maybe this year.

1 hour ago, kelownabomberfan said:

I wonder what Phil Sykes is doing these days...

Bring back the Philmster!

Edited February 22, 20169 yr by IC Khari

8 minutes ago, IC Khari said:

Bring back the Philmster!

I still remember when he got his bell rung (the old timey phrase for "concussion") and instead of getting on the Jets bench he climbed into the Kings bench and sat down.

someone was just tweeting, that next year they should put all 14 non-playoff teams in a lottery for 1st, stop rewarding failure.  

 it seems rather insane that its either make the playoffs or tank mentality. I'd be in favor of this 

47 minutes ago, Taynted_Fayth said:

someone was just tweeting, that next year they should put all 14 non-playoff teams in a lottery for 1st, stop rewarding failure.  

 it seems rather insane that its either make the playoffs or tank mentality. I'd be in favor of this 

as the Oilers have proven though, when teams are really bad they really benefit from getting a lot of first overall or near first overall draft picks to help them climb out of the cella....oh forget it. 

Here's what Ken Hodge proposes...

I have long believed that the only solution to tanking is a random draw, minus odds, for the number-one draft position, with all 14 non-playoff teams eligible. I must concede that widespread support for this idea has not been forthcoming.

So here’s another one.

The day after the trade deadline, the NHL takes the teams sitting in positions 26-30, using points per game to balance the totals, and awards those teams the first five spots in the draft, with the order to be determined. By a lottery? No, by their performance during the rest of the season.

And here’s the kicker; the number-one draft position goes to the team, among those five, that gains the most points, not the fewest. In other words, games in March and April involving those five teams would reward success, not failure. Imagine an 82nd game of the season between the Leafs and the Oilers, with no points separating them, and the best odds on Auston Matthews awaiting the winner.

Further details are available upon request, but the current lottery system, or, preferably, my unweighted version, would be used to determine draft order beyond the fifth position. Should you worry that a team might maneuver its way into the bottom five just prior to the trade deadline, I admire your attention to detail here, and offer, yet again, the hat with 14 teams in it.

Phil Sykes takes on Gretzky and Kurri LOL ...

 

Isn't the risk in the current system where all non playoff teams have a shot at #1 crating more likelihood of tanking?  What if you're a bubble team with a chance to sneak into the playoffs where chances are you're going to get killed or get a lottery ticket for first over all?  What incentive is tjere to try and sneak in?  Besides money that comes with hosting two games?

has the new format stopped TO from making trades that are helping them lose?

It helps that they are smart hockey trades though.

Columbus wins. Jets in second last. 

Somebody has to finish last or bottom 5 every year. So be it. 

 

Don't think Toronto wins the lottery anyway since draft gods don't seem to like teams who actually tank. 

24 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Columbus wins. Jets in second last. 

3 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Columbus wins. Jets in second last. 

3rd pick atm. TO and EDM have same number of points.

TO has 10 guys in their lineup who played in AHL this year. Now THAT'S tanking!

Edited February 23, 20169 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

7 hours ago, IC Khari said:

Phil Sykes takes on Gretzky and Kurri LOL ...

 

Nice reminder that the refs have always been garbage !

Good grief Toronto is bad. 

The moose might beat the leafs 

Yup. Integrity of the game right there. Leafs aren't even pretending not to be tanking. Word is a goalie is gone right away and Kadri too 

50 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Yup. Integrity of the game right there. Leafs aren't even pretending not to be tanking. Word is a goalie is gone right away and Kadri too 

Too many Leafs regimes tried to salvage wreckage...  needed to be torn apart long time ago

Leafs dont need to trade their goalies to tank.

 

3rd pick? Nope. The draft lottery will determine where we pick. Could be 1st 2nd 3rd or 6th right now 

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th or 6th right now....

Pavs is out of position because he plays too far out of the net.....840 sv%?????? who is going to trade for him?

 

20 minutes ago, Ducky said:

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th or 6th right now....

Pavs is out of position because he plays too far out of the net.....840 sv%?????? who is going to trade for him?

 

Sometimes teams think they know how to fix players. Hopefully someone sees Pavs and thinks it's the jets that are hurting him and not the other way around