Why can't we have a longer 3v3 and no shootout???

[TMLife*]

Also have fun when the SO is still here next year, and a year later, and another year later... and so on.

Judging by your vcash, this won’t be the first bet you lose

 

[Steamwhistle]

Keep the current format but go to a 3-2-1 point system. Puts a lot less value into SO and OT wins and rewards teams that can get it done in regulation.

 

[Carolinas Identity*]

10 mins of 3v3

if still tied

each team gets 1 point

if a team wins (regulation or ot) - 3 pts

losing team gets 0 pts regardless of ot or regulation

 

[Dirty Dan]

10 mins of 3v3

if still tied

each team gets 1 point

if a team wins (regulation or ot) - 3 pts

losing team gets 0 pts regardless of ot or regulation

Yes even with 5 mins OT this should work. Ties are cool because it makes the next game even more exciting

shootout is lame

 

[kingsholygrail]

Cleverly disguised NHL point system thread.

 

[HFBS]

Ties.

3 on 3
4 on 4
Shootouts

Not hockey.

 

[JaegerDice]

We could. Makes little difference.

3v3 is every bit the laughable gimmick as the shootout. Both are coin flips.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

7 minutes of 3 on 3

if no teams score...tie game

simple

make it 10

 

[Eisen]

Atleast 3v3 is exciting and players get to display skill. Shootouts are so boring and kill enjoyment.

3 vs 3 is the most boring stuff I've ever seen. I'd prefer shootouts on an empty net.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

The NHLPA doesn't want it. Besides...ties blow. NHL brass wants a clear winner each night.

 

[nyr2k2]

Three on three at least still maintains the fundamental aspects of hockey. Two teams, playing offense and defense, passing, etc. It's gimmicky hockey but at its core it's still hockey. The shootout is a small element of the game magnified and hardly seems like a way to settle a hotly contested game.

Do a 4-on-4 it and then end in a tie. There's nothing wrong with ties.

 

[BlackDogg]

Longer OT was shot down by the players association.

Wouldn't want them to work for free now would we?

 

[nyr2k2]

Wouldn't want them to work for free now would we?

It's a long, grueling season and the last thing guys want to do is be faced with potentially five more minutes of wide-open hockey each night. That could add up. I don't blame them.

 

[Willy Talent]

In soccer extra time is 1/3 the time of a normal game before penalties, basketball and baseball they don't stop until it's over. NFL ends in a tie after OT.

Hockey has the absolute stupidest way of ending tie games out of every other major NA sport.

 

[Roboturner913]

I don't care for 3 on 3 either, it's gimmicky. I'm good with 5 minutes of 4-on-4 and call it a tie after that. Nothing wrong with a tie.

 

[Sam Spade]

Longer OT was shot down by the players association.

This.

/thread

 

[karnige]

I would go 3 on 3 for 10 minutes instead of 5.

yep then call it a tie. **** shootouts. 3v3 is awesome

 

[karnige]

I don't care for 3 on 3 either, it's gimmicky. I'm good with 5 minutes of 4-on-4 and call it a tie after that. Nothing wrong with a tie.

right but 4v4 isn't gimmicky? please

 

[Loffer]

Just turn the third period, its second half to a OT kind of hockey if there is a tie at that moment. If it will be the case later, turn it such then.

 

[HansonBro]

The 3vs3 has been productive. It's taken a loooong way to get there too. Good nor bad. And the shootout is good to show off star talent and lucky goalies.

 

[Roboturner913]

right but 4v4 isn't gimmicky? please

I'd be better w/ 5-on-5 but it would probably lead to no-effort OT periods. 4-on-4 seems like a decent compromise that still retains the overall flow of actual NHL hockey.

Either way it seems pretty overwhelming that most people would prefer to eliminate the shootout and bring back the tie.

 

[Butch 19]

I’m done, SO’s are a joke to the integrity of the game. They will be gone by next year, book it.

until the vast majority of fans start walking out of arenas after OT, the SO will remain - and you know it.

There is a 99.9% chance the shootout will exist past your lifetime. Get used to it. Embrace it. Enjoy it. I do.

 

[Windy River]

I think skip OT and just have the shootout. Go home with W-L, not points.

 

[AvroArrow]

I agree with this too. If you cant pot a goal 3-3 for 10 minutes, end 'er in a tie.

NHL will probably do something stupid and give both teams the extra point since neither of them "lost".