Getting rid of the tie was the best thing the NHL ever did

[Roomtemperature]

A tie is kissing your sister and we as the north American sports watching public demand a result because it's better then the empty feeling of a tie. Now some may say it's a gimmick to go to a shootout but I say it's a gimmick for competitive reasons to not have a balanced schedule where each team plays each other home and away the same time so you are a hypocrite otherwise and lame if you like ties

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[Ianturnedbull]

You made a thread to tell us all about how you kissed your sister?

 

[Roomtemperature]

You made a thread to tell us all about how you kissed your sister?

My sister died thank you very much or I never had a sister.... Or never kissed anyone idk i forget which

 

[5 Minute Major]

Ties were better than 3 point games.

 

[LeafalCrusader]

Is she a good kisser?

 

[MichaelFarrell]

The loser point has got to go. I don’t mind ties, frankly.

 

[Elvs]

"I hate ties. They're like kissing your brother"

- Julie 'The Cat' Gaffney

 

[Ceremony]

That's nice of you to share thank you.

 

[Ianturnedbull]

My sister died thank you very much or I never had a sister.... Or never kissed anyone idk i forget which

Oh i think you know.

It's a little weird.

 

[EdmFlyersfan]

Removing the tie was a start, now the NHL should start to weigh each game the same amount of points:

W-L = 3 points & 0 points
OTW-OTL = 2 points & 1 point

In the past a win and a tie had the same value (2 points).

 

[Hockeylife2018]

I'm confused now
Is kissing your sister a good or back thing?

 

[Junohockeyfan]

I'm confused now
Is kissing your sister a good or back thing?

Its a tie

 

[Reaper45]

I'm confused now
Is kissing your sister a good or back thing?

It depends on where you’re from. If you’re from Calgary or Alabama, probably ok.

 

[dukeofjive]

Nope, all it did was to make sure if both teams are tied close to the end of the game to stop playing to get that 1 point.

Its a joke. And thats why you see teams breaking seasons records and looking like ass in the playoffs, makes for fake paper tigers.

 

[Ianturnedbull]

I'm confused now
Is kissing your sister a good or back thing?

Back thing?

TMI!!!

 

[Faterson]

Demanding a (pseudo)winner in every game is childish. Then again, it's America.

 

[Breakfast of Champs]

Please just go to straight up W-L or a 3 pts system. Having some games worth 50% more total pts is a sham

 

[agent082]

Tie or not all games should give same amount of points.

 

[ijuka]

Ties or not, it makes no sense that a point gets conjured up out of thin air the moment a game reaches overtime. Every match should be worth the same, which is 3 points if they want to use the current system.

 

[Breakfast of Champs]

Tie or not all games should give same amount of points.

Seriously, it's a massive flaw on the system that's been pointed out countless times, a child could notice how serverely flawed it is.

How does the NHL miss this? It actually drives me nuts especially because of how many games are decided in 3v3 or shootout. It's a terrible gimmick , the regular season has already been diminished enough, they should at least make winning games in regulation worth something

 

[CTHabsfan]

I'm confused now
Is kissing your sister a good or back thing?

I always thought kissing your sister was lots of fun. Shootouts, however, still suck.

 

[Machinehead]

Ties were better than 3 point games.

The 3 point games existed before the shootout.

 

[Barry Amsterdam]

both teams played hard and had fun that’s all that matters

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Ties suck but the loser point sucks too

 

[Toby91ca]

The loser point has got to go. I don’t mind ties, frankly.

There is no "loser point" sorry, it bothers me to no end hearing that all the time....each team is awarded a point for getting to a tie at the end of regulation.....if a team goes on and doesn't win the shootout, not sure that can be seen as losing a hockey game, you just lost a quick breakaway contest to quickly decide who to award the extra point to.

Personally, I have zero problems with ties, we aren't talking about playoffs here where you need a winner. Hockey is a low scoring game relatively speaking to other sports, so it's hard to always have a team win....unless you add the gimmicks at the end which really have nothing to do with the actual game. If you really need a team to be the winner in every 82 game regular season, I guess this is what you need to have. I say I have zero problems with ties, I obviously would prefer wins and losses only, but would prefer ties than having games decided by shootout.