Les Penguins de Pittsburgh de 1983-1984 n’ont remporté que 3 de leurs 21 derniers matchs et ont obtenu le premier choix au total du repêchage de la LNH. Avec ce choix, ils ont choisi Mario Lemieux. Cependant, le directeur général Eddie Johnston et l’entraîneur-chef Lou Angotti ont-ils délibérément choisi Mario ?
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I mean wasnt tanking the reason the NHL put in the lottery system? IE in the 2000s and 2010s once a team was out of the playoffs they would try to lose on purpose so that they can get number 1 draft pick.
EJ is hilarious. “I was just trying to get some goalies some experience at the end of the season”
Smartest move they ever made. Tanking works in hockey. Period. Still does.
The Penguins had the 1st round 1st overall pick in 1983 the year before the Mario draft (1984). The Penguins could have drafted Steve Yzerman or Pat Lafontaine in 1983. They didn't because it was all part of tanking to get Mario, YEAH RIGHT. The Penguins traded the 1st overall pick and George Ferguson to Minnesota for Anders Hakansson, Ron Meighan, and Minnesota's 1st round pick. The Pens would draft Bob Errey in the 1st round 15th overall with "Minnesota's" 1st round selection in 1983. Hakansson and Meighan would each play 1 year with the Pens scoring 9 and 2 goals total. NOBODY EVER TALKS ABOUT THIS BOGUS TRADE THAT MAKES NO SENSE. Why would you trade the 1st overall selection for nothing? It gets literally no attention and nobody links the mismanagement of 1983 to the "tanking" conspiracy.
Yep and it was a smart business decision to focus their ineptitude: look at the decades of Leafs general ineptitude and what did that get them? The Penguins understood the value of a true superstar and made moves to maximize the probability of that outcome. How many weeks until the follow up on Penguins strategic tanking?
The Randy Carlyle trade was the point where everyone knew they were watching full on tanking. He was the backbone of that Pens team.
TSN are so salty about the Penguins lol
We stole Dubas from you, get over it 😂
Did The Devils tank for Kirk Muller?
penguin fans have been spoiled with back to back generational talents thats why they're so cocky and arrogant with other fan bases
They done it 4 times like the Oilers at least my Leafs only done it once 🤔😏🤪 it does work usually gets you a cup, McDavid nearly got it last season, did Oilers tank to get Gretzky 🤔
1000000% they tanked for Lemieux. Who cares, “the tank” changed the pens futures for ever. With 66 they don’t get the two cups, Jagr, Sid, geno, flowers, 3 cups
Mostly, they would have left Pittsburgh.
ya think? Who wouldn't?
They were 18-53 in the prior season before "the tank season." Not, like they were President's trophy winners.