Well, despite I like Russ intentions on being as closer to the rules as we can, I also don\'t like to give a better pick to team 11 and team 21. For the same reason as the others mentioned, I don\'t have any issues with this for next year, but this year it\'s more luck than a little help to work your way in your new tier.
As for giving pick 3-4 to team 30 and team 29, while I have to agree with you UW and also see your pain for moving up to number 27, I really think we should do this as like Russ said, we would have done it anyway if they were two new teams.
So if there\'s a vote, I still vote for my proposition:
1st - Playoff winner
2nd - Playoff finalist
3rd - 30th team
4th - 29th team
5th - Regular season winner
6th to 30th - Worst to best
One last thing for you Russ (I\'ve already sent you an email and it\'s not related to the draft), is there a reason why the rules regarding the IR players is different in the last email you sent than what\'s in the \"Rules\" documents you sent on Friday? You said that we have to bring back our IR players at the end of the regular season where in the rules it says end of the playoffs. I know I can only speak for me, but this make a real difference as I can leave Zubov, Kariya and even Miller on IR if they aren\'t going to be useful in the playoffs.