[mikemhg]

I think that's a stupid take.

Obviously teams don't lose on "purpose". Generally the method is to trade away your UFAs and aging assets, by that you lose organically.

The Canucks have been a middling team for the last bloody decade, people are over it.

To say "drafting isn't a guarantee" is a stupid argument, in the same way signing free agents on a slump and hoping they turn it around with a change of scenery.

For every OKC, there's a Buffalo Sabres, but I'd much rather the team try to be an OKC, especially when this upcoming draft has some major talent available. We're essentially last in the league right now with half of the season pretty much done, just own it already.

Get a good draft spot, draft a potential marquee player, and see what happens next year.