Big Z Man 1990
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I'm not sure if this is the right place but it seems like it.
Recently the NFL radically changed how OT could end, by saying that an opening drive field goal could no longer end OT.
I'm proposing something similar in the NHL, by stating that all NHL playoff games must play an OT period to its full 20 minutes, regardless of whether a team scores in the period or not. Similar to the NFL this would allow both teams to score in the OT period.
If a team is leading after the extra 20 minutes then the game would be considered over. If not then we play another OT as usual.
An example of a team that would have been saved by this rule would be the 2016 Capitals - instead of being immediately eliminated in OT of Game 6 against the Pens, they would have merely fallen behind by one goal, they would have had a chance to tie, then take the lead if they tied the game.
This new rule allows playoff OT to diverge further from regular season OT (which remains sudden-death and continues to have the possibility of a shootout)
Recently the NFL radically changed how OT could end, by saying that an opening drive field goal could no longer end OT.
I'm proposing something similar in the NHL, by stating that all NHL playoff games must play an OT period to its full 20 minutes, regardless of whether a team scores in the period or not. Similar to the NFL this would allow both teams to score in the OT period.
If a team is leading after the extra 20 minutes then the game would be considered over. If not then we play another OT as usual.
An example of a team that would have been saved by this rule would be the 2016 Capitals - instead of being immediately eliminated in OT of Game 6 against the Pens, they would have merely fallen behind by one goal, they would have had a chance to tie, then take the lead if they tied the game.
This new rule allows playoff OT to diverge further from regular season OT (which remains sudden-death and continues to have the possibility of a shootout)
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