Brian Burke has a great, yet simple idea to solve the NHL Draft issues.

Let's be real here, unless you're a die hard fan of the Edmonton Oilers, no one wants to see the Oilers receive yet another #1 overall draft pick, but because the organization has been such a disaster, they once again have a 13.5% chance of making that a reality.

While there will be no solution to prevent such an occurrence this time around, Calgary Flames President Brian Burke has just recently proposed an idea that could potentially be a solution and even though it's a simple one, it makes a ton of sense.

“If you believe in the inverse order of drafting,” said Burke as per the Flames official website, “if you believe that the worst team should be rewarded with the best player, then this might not be the fairest system."

“Unfortunately we have had to go to a lottery because of the conduct of certain teams. Okay, we’re stuck with the lottery. Is this the most equitable way? In this system, you could have the team with the three highest point totals pick one, two, three, of the non-playoff teams. No one ever wanted that; no one ever imaged that. "

Burke did admit that the solution is not a perfect one, but clearly the current system is not either.

"Now, statistically, it’s pretty unlikely that it’s going to happen. That’s one issue, to me, including all non-playoff teams. I’m not sure … the whole inverse order thing, there’s a reason for that.”

Something as simple as even a one year ban from picking in the top 3 after getting a #1 overall pick could go a long way to preventing tanking, and is likely a solution many NHL fans would approve of.

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