Would you like to see the shootout dropped and ties brought back?

[Golden_Jet]

If the NHL doesn't want ties, every game should be worth the same number of points. Since the standings are used to determine which teams qualify for the playoffs (and how they're seeded), the points should be awarded based on how closely the win resembles playoff hockey:

- Regulation win: 5 points
- Overtime win: 4 points
- Shootout win: 3 points
- Shootout loss: 2 points
- Overtime loss: 1 point
- Regulation loss: 0 points

Every game is now worth 5 points, and the closer the outcome is to playoff hockey, the more points are awarded.

It's true that the standings would no longer be directly comparable to previous years, but you could always look at points percentage. (Or you can cut the points in half - so 2.5 points for a regulation win, 2 points for an OT win, etc).

I’d prefer,

2 points regulation win
1.5 points OT/ SO win
0.5 points OT/ SO loss.

 

[Toby91ca]

Only time that’s happened is in sudden death playoffs, never in regular season history.

No, hate ties.

To keep point system similar to past years would like this.

2 points regulation win
1.5 points OT/ SO win
0.5 points OT/ SO loss.

Not entirely accurate....there was 5v5, 20 min OT between 1921-1927, I remember those days . Then for one year in 1927 it went to 10 min and then no OT at all for 40 years.

 

[DFC]

3 on 3 and then a tie, IMO.

I think everyone loves 3v3, but shootouts are kind of anti-climatic after 3v3 ends.

 

[tsujimoto74]

Hard yes. Get rid of the gimmicks. No 3-v-3. No shootout. No more HF complaining about the "loser" (AKA regulation tie) point.

 

[HugeInTheShire]

I hate the shoot out with a passion, I'd rather see 3-3 for 10 minutes and if nobody scores it's a tie.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

There shod be four 5 minute OTs. Would eliminate ties.

First OT: 4 on 4
Second OT: 3 on 3
Third OT: 2 on 2
Fourth OT: 1 on 1

2 on 2 and 1 on 1 would be hilarious but super fun to watch.

 

[Rockomax]

It was always 5 minutes. The only time it’s ever been 20 was in the playoffs, where there are no ties.

Looks like I'm much older than I thought

 

[Bounces R Way]

Just make the coaches arm wrestle for the other point.

 

[bobholly39]

If the NHL doesn't want ties, every game should be worth the same number of points. Since the standings are used to determine which teams qualify for the playoffs (and how they're seeded), the points should be awarded based on how closely the win resembles playoff hockey:

- Regulation win: 5 points
- Overtime win: 4 points
- Shootout win: 3 points
- Shootout loss: 2 points
- Overtime loss: 1 point
- Regulation loss: 0 points

Every game is now worth 5 points, and the closer the outcome is to playoff hockey, the more points are awarded.

It's true that the standings would no longer be directly comparable to previous years, but you could always look at points percentage. (Or you can cut the points in half - so 2.5 points for a regulation win, 2 points for an OT win, etc).

This would be such an awesome system to follow....playoff races would be 100% unpredictable until the very last minute each year....

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Absolutely. The shootout is the worst aspect of hockey.

 

[crosby87]

a draw is worse than losing

 

[tabness]

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Looks like I'm much older than I thought

Early era hockey had so much experimentation it's amazing. They were considering removing body checking all together, artificial ice, penalizing goonery with reductions in score, and so on. The original six is actually just an ossification of a league context in the later thirties struggling with financial issues.

 

[Puck Dogg]

Shootout is a coin toss where home advantage evaporates. But I wouldn't want ties back.

 

[x Tame Impala]

There shod be four 5 minute OTs. Would eliminate ties.

First OT: 4 on 4
Second OT: 3 on 3
Third OT: 2 on 2
Fourth OT: 1 on 1

2 on 2 and 1 on 1 would be hilarious but super fun to watch.

I can’t believe there are people who hate shootouts so much and there alternatives are this ridiculous

 

[McJedi]

Way too many stupid 3 point games. The shootout is dumb. It’s not hockey at all. It’s practice. Nothing odd or weird about ties. NFL has them. Soccer has them.

 

[banks]

Ties sucked.

And I actually like the shootout.

 

[Forge]

I'd like to make it less likely. Add three minutes more to 3 on 3

 

[TheTotalPackage]

Don't want ties and there is the desire to always have a winner? Then get rid of the point system. Go the MLB and NBA route of wins and losses and games behind, and be done with it.

 

[37Bergenov14]

Would prefer ties. I'm more concerned with the game being entertaining and competitive, than there "needing" to be a winner. Especially when the decision gets as arbitrary as a shootout is.

 

[37Bergenov14]

A tie in a competitive sport always felt incredibly stupid to me.

The whole point is to win

I think its excessive to call it stupid. Sure, if you prefer there needing to be a victor in every singular game, that's your perogative and fine. But by definition, the point of competition is not to win, but to simply compete (or via another definition, be "as good or better" as another, implying ties are part of that).

 

[Wierzbowski426]

Emphatic yes.

 

[Nathaniel Skywalker]

4 on 4 for 5 minutes. If not tie
3 on 3 n shootout have run their courses imo

 

[Arthur Morgan]

should be 5min 5v5 play.
shootout is fine but 3v3 is kinda stupid

 

[Golden_Jet]

But by definition, the point of competition is not to win, but to simply compete.

Haha, sure for kids.

 

[23Monahan]

Ties are the worst. Not a big fan of shootouts either but I'll take them over it.

They could definitely extend overtime a couple minutes though, or make overtime wins still 2 point for winner, one for loser. Then make shootout wins either

1. 2 points for winner, 0 points for loser

Or

2. 1 point winner, 0 points loser

This woild encourage teams to get it done in overtime instead of floating around.