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I’m sorry but how more rigged can it be??? Look at this:
-June 26: Phase 1 of Draft Lottery-it is revealed that a playoff team will have the 1st overall pick. Now that the 1st pick is up for grabs in the qualifiers, more people will watch them, which gives the NHL more money.
-August 1-4: The Rangers play like they don’t care and get swept 3-0 in the series.
-Today: The Rangers get the 1st overall pick. One word: MONEY. Bettman told the Rangers to not try so they can get the 1st overall pick. The NHL needs to get as much money back as possible because of the pandemic, and they do this by giving the Rangers the 1st pick. The Rangers have the largest market in the league, and now the NHL can get the most money possible.

I’m sorry Rangers fans, it can’t be more obvious.
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Aug. 10, 2020 at 7:52 p.m.
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Correlation =/= Causation
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Aug. 10, 2020 at 7:52 p.m.
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Well yes but no.

I do believe the NHL finds a way to give the big market teams 1OA. But I don’t think the Rangers purposely got swept.
Aug. 10, 2020 at 7:54 p.m.
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Wouldn’t they give it to Toronto then?
Trust me I’m salty either way as I think the layout where a team can only jump 5 spots was a good compromise for the lottery.
Aug. 10, 2020 at 7:54 p.m.
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Honestly i had a feeling the rangers were gonna get it other than the leafs, penguins. and Oilers. It was all right in plain sight. Laf jersey sales from either of these teams would stabilize the NHL and make their cap situation change for the better.
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Aug. 10, 2020 at 7:55 p.m.
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Wouldn’t they give it to Toronto then?


rangers and toronto both make a tonne of money with the rangers making slightly more so it made sense for Laf to go there.
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Aug. 10, 2020 at 7:55 p.m.
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Fine by me 😂
Aug. 10, 2020 at 7:56 p.m.
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How you do you get 2nd overall and the 1st overall when you don’t finish bottom 5 either year. Lol big market city
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Aug. 10, 2020 at 7:56 p.m.
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Quoting: BStinson
Wouldn’t they give it to Toronto then?


No. New York is one of the biggest sports markets in the world. Laf wouldn’t get much attention from US viewers if he was on a Canadian team.
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Aug. 10, 2020 at 7:58 p.m.
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Quoting: Capitalfail67
How you do you get 2nd overall and the 1st overall when you don’t finish bottom 5 either year. Lol big market city


NYR have picked in the top 5 ONCE since 1965. Long overdue, rigged or not...
Aug. 10, 2020 at 7:58 p.m.
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I think your just jealous that the other New York team got him, and yours didn’t.
Aug. 10, 2020 at 8:00 p.m.
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Quoting: aadoyle
rangers and toronto both make a tonne of money with the rangers making slightly more so it made sense for Laf to go there.


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No. New York is one of the biggest sports markets in the world. Laf wouldn’t get much attention from US viewers if he was on a Canadian team.


I love this conspiracy theory more than the next since my team is now -8/-9 (if you count the VGK jump) while the Rangers are something like +13 in the new format but this process is audited by E&Y. Just shows that this system needs an overhaul.
Aug. 10, 2020 at 8:01 p.m.
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I think your just jealous that the other New York team got him, and yours didn’t.


Yes I’m jealous (I’m an islanders fan), but any fan can realize that the NHL is looking to get as much money as possible right now. The NHL lost billions of dollars from the pandemic, so they need to get it back.
Aug. 10, 2020 at 8:01 p.m.
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I think the nhl might see more value in a large market going deeper into playoffs not swept. Isn’t that why it was 24 teams included. Tv rating from big markets brought Montreal and Chicago and New York in to play in. I just don’t see why nhl would want New York to lay an egg better to keep as many viewers longer. Smaller markets = less ratings so nhl likely should have gifted panthers for throwing it and providing the least rating hit
Aug. 10, 2020 at 8:03 p.m.
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Quoting: Timmah007
I think the nhl might see more value in a large market going deeper into playoffs not swept. Isn’t that why it was 24 teams included. Tv rating from big markets brought Montreal and Chicago and New York in to play in. I just don’t see why nhl would want New York to lay an egg better to keep as many viewers longer. Smaller markets = less ratings so nhl likely should have gifted panthers for throwing it and providing the least rating hit


This year, no one cares about who’s playing, we just want to watch hockey. Maybe the NHL loses a few thousand viewers this year, but in the long haul it will work for them.
Aug. 10, 2020 at 8:03 p.m.
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Yes I’m jealous (I’m an islanders fan), but any fan can realize that the NHL is looking to get as much money as possible right now. The NHL lost billions of dollars from the pandemic, so they need to get it back.


It definitely wasn’t rigged though. If you watched the games, you could tell that they were trying really hard. They just faced really tough competition, and got beat out.
Aug. 10, 2020 at 8:31 p.m.
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Rangers get 1st overall pick.

???????

Profit
Aug. 10, 2020 at 8:33 p.m.
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Quoting: buchiegang
NYR have picked in the top 5 ONCE since 1965. Long overdue, rigged or not...


Just saying. Last 2 drafts rangers had #2 and #1 and they weren’t even bottom 5. Seems like a flawed system but hopefully when Ovechkin retires the NHL rigs the draft for the Capitals smile

Give us the Pittsburgh penguin treatment. #5 #1 #2 #1 #2 in a 5 year span
Aug. 10, 2020 at 8:44 p.m.
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Quoting: Capitalfail67
Just saying. Last 2 drafts rangers had #2 and #1 and they weren’t even bottom 5. Seems like a flawed system but hopefully when Ovechkin retires the NHL rigs the draft for the Capitals smile

Give us the Pittsburgh penguin treatment. #5 #1 #2 #1 #2 in a 5 year span


Meant until last year this year but I get your point
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