Gary Bettman maintains that tanking isn't an issue, but it has never been more obvious that teams are tanking hard for Bedard. The Arizona Coyotes, Anaheim Ducks, Columbus Blue Jackets and others have historically bad teams.
But no one is doing it like the Chicago Blackhawks. They sold off every player worth literally anything and then put Anton Khudobin out there after like a year off. Look at this:
It is utterly embarrassing that the "best" hockey league in the world is letting this happen. I don't have the answer as to what the NHL should do, but they need to do something.
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MARS 23 | 862 ANSWERS The Chicago Blackhawks are clearly tanking and it's embarrassing Is tanking a problem in the NHL? | ||
| Yes | 556 | 64.5 % |
| No | 211 | 24.5 % |
| See results | 95 | 11 % |
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| Brett Howden | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Mitch Marner | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Mark Jankowski | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Seth Jarvis | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jordan Staal | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Logan Stankoven | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Mark Stone | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Sebastian Aho | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Ivan Barbashev | - | 1 | 1 | |
| William Carrier | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Noah Hanifin | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Tomas Hertl | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Eric Robinson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Andrei Svechnikov | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Frederik Andersen | - | - | - | |
| Rasmus Andersson | - | - | - | |
| Jackson Blake | - | - | - | |
| Jalen Chatfield | - | - | - | |
| Dylan Coghlan | - | - | - | |
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