Ties vs shootouts

[MMC]

Which would you prefer be the outcome of a game that remains tied after overtime?

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[bobholly39]

Shootout. You play to win. I never understood the concept of a tie in a competitive sport. Seems silly to me

 

[Buck Naked]

Play until you win. Anything else is stupid.

 

[Axe Man]

What’s really silly is giving a team a point after they lose the game.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Ties are dumb.

 

[Aashir Mallik]

Shootout, only cuz the other option might be worse, hate both

 

[ole ole]

Which would you prefer be the outcome of a game that remains tied after overtime?

Tie. I've always considered hockey a team sport not to have the outcome be determined by a gimmick.

 

[ole ole]

Play until you win. Anything else is stupid.

Like the playoffs 5 on 5 not some gimmick of 3 on 3.

 

[Prairie Habs]

Tie.

Everyone saying "play until someone wins" is just deluding themselves with the idea that a shootout or 3 on 3 is a win.

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

Ties suck and I'm glad the NHL got rid of them.

 

[Habano]

I'm all for 5v5 until someone wins. That however is not an option so I went with the tie. Or do like soccer, extra 20 minutes and then shootout, I can live with that. This 3v3 for 5 minutes is a gimmick.

 

[Iapyi]

I detest the shootout, in my opinion it's not even a gimmick, it's a travesty and a farce.

 

[Craig Button]

I say skip OT too.
Just keep it 60 minutes.

2 points win and one point tie.
It would be nice to see a team try to win it in the last few minutes of a game.
A tie game in the last minute to spoil a win. Classic hockey.
No more trying to keep it tied to go into OT

I understand that people don’t like tie games. That’s because you’re not satisfied and you want that win. Well that builds great rivalries in divisions and great anticipation for the next game.


It’s a win win.

no more stupid gimmicks for the extra point.

no more 3-3 and no more shoot outs.

 

[Karl Eriksson]

No ties and no shootouts. 3 on 3 OT til it’s done.

 

[MikeyMike01]

There is nothing bad about ties and nothing good about shootouts.

 

[jetsforever]

Shootout. You play to win. I never understood the concept of a tie in a competitive sport. Seems silly to me

I understand ties but I don't like them
Shootouts are fine

 

[Howboutthempanthers]

I don't like playoff positions being determined by who is better at gimmicks.

 

[Speyer]

3 vs 3 overtime until you have a winner doesn't work in practice with a 82 game schedule with back to back games in some instances. The format in place now isn't ideal but its better than the alternatives including ties who would make the games less attractive.

 

[Golden_Jet]

Anyone who’s been a season ticket holder for years , would not vote for ties, very large majority hated them.

 

[pabst blue ribbon]

The idea that every regular season game needs to produce a "winner" and "loser" by any means possible is asinine. In addition, the idea that viewing a hockey/game is more worthwhile/entertaining because it produced a winner via shootout as opposed to the game ending as a tie is ludicrous

 

[EdJovanovski]

If I paid money to go to a game and it ended in a tie I’d be pissed, I’d rather lose. Shootouts AINEC

 

[Bileur]

I’d have the shootout as a last resort. My biggest problem with it isn’t the shootout itself but the way points are awarded.

Ideally they’d just play regular OT like the playoffs but I understand TV related reasons to avoid that.

A compromise I’d like to see is 10 min 3 on 3. There would be almost no shootouts.

Then 3 points for a regulation win, 2 points for an OT win, 1 point for a shootout win, 0 points for losers. (Gary won’t do that because of parity). Have teams play hard for the win, none of this defensive, let’s bank the loser point bullshit.

Would also make for great viewing with teams trying to catch up in a playoff race going balls to the wall in the 60 minutes.

 

[Albatros]

Shootout adds little value, but even little is better than nothing.

 

[GeeoffBrown]

I think shootouts are entertaining and at the end of the day, the NHL is an entertainment product

And it's not really unprecedented as soccer and international hockey have been deciding games in a similar way for years.

 

[SotasicA]

Shootout. You play to win. I never understood the concept of a tie in a competitive sport. Seems silly to me

I never understood drawing a random winner in a competitive sport. A tie is just as much a fair result as win or loss.