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It’s comments like this that encourages inaction from management. Pretty sure there were no fans with a similar sentiment in DC.

Completely disagree. He was given an opportunity he did not deserve and basically stole 4 years of salary. It is important to set a new tone and every minute they don’t is a minute wasted. And the Caps have fired Laviolette.

The Pens, after missing the playoffs for the first time in 17 years wasted no time cleaning house, firing Hextall, Burke and the asst GM. The Ducks, having complete an historically bad season, have done nothing but talk.

And just like that, Toews misses the breakaway and Flyers win in overtime. Ducks need to lose either in regulation or OT.

Hawks tie it up!

I can’t say this any clearer. For the good of the organization, they must lose in regulation tonite. Forget about the first round, losing tonite improves the draft capital in every subsequent rounds. Winning tonight is just a huge FU to the fans.

And Columbus earns at least a point! Can we just forfeit please?

I find it ironic how the announcers are comfortable with Minnesota resting players. Guess we might benefit by their lack of integrity.

I would argue that the fans with a long term investment in the team are the ones most in favor of them doing as poorly as possible this year. We recognize that each draft year is not the same. This year is special. It’s one of the reasons we saw so few first round picks traded at the deadline. More so, winning meaningless games at the end of the season provides a false sense of hope. If we are truly honest, there are only a handful of NHL players on the Anaheim or San Diego rosters. The rest are interchangeable place holders.

Care to summarize for those of us who don’t subscribe? From the headline it would seem he supports my suggestion of an unweighted lottery

Because they should be rewarded for at least competing. Why should teams get rewarded for poor asset management? If you want to penalize the Pens then limit how many spaces you can move up like they are doing now.

And yet only Anaheim would be suspected of tanking according to some on this board.

I have a bad feeling we are going to regret that point.

Ducks need to pull their goalie in the OT and then lose. That way the give up the loser point.

Ducks playing only 5 defenseman. 4 if you count Fowler

Relegation simply means you take the lowest point teams and move them to the AHL and promote the top AHL teams to the NHL. Doan’s plan is far too complicated. It also penalizes teams who are fighting to get into the playoffs till the last day. My plan is much simpler. Pull the non-playoff teams out of a hat, no weighting. Pleased to see Eakins taking my advice and starting Ek. Now just bench Zegras and we have a chance.

If you want to eliminate tanking, you have two choices. The first is relegation to and promotion from the AHL. The second is an unweighted draft where all non-playoff teams have the same chance at the top pick. The first would not be acceptable to the owners and players (despite it being used in other leagues in the world). That leaves the second, which was the way the NBA did it in their first draft lottery. I would be in favor of that approach to determine the first round

Someone apparently did not watch the Chicago and Columbus games last night. If those were not lost on purpose I don’t know what is. Sure they have won games this last month, but as soon as they ran the risk of not finishing with the worst record, they stopped competing. Even if you don’t get Bedard, drafting first in the subsequent rounds is valuable too. Here’s to 0-13!

And yet some of you think that it would be unethical for the Ducks organization to lose on purpose. Forget Ericsson-Ek, bring up players from the ECHL to play the last 4. Score on your own net if you have to. But do not earn a point over these last 4. If you don’t think the Blackhawk and BJ organizations are being told to lose, you aren’t paying attention.

At this point, it is incumbent on ownership and management to require the team to lose. Nothing short of roster manipulation will do. Anyone showing any sort of effort should be benched.

Officially in last place with 5 games to go. Please don’t mess this up

If the Ducks gain a point during the last few games, the entire team should be placed on waivers.

Yes. So what? He made a mistake. Not looking for an Angel, but he won after taking over Florida and is performing well as an assistant in NJ. I don’t want anyone remotely connected to the Ducks organization in the role.

While it’s still early, I would not mind Andrew Burnette being brought in. He led the panthers to the President’s Trophy last year as an interim and is playing a critical role in NJ.

The fact that this team has a goal differential more than 30 goals worse than any other is indicative that they really should be lower in the standings. Hopefully they are leap-frogged by the other 3 teams over the last 7 games.