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Originally Posted by nfotiu
Oh god, that's the only possible point system worse than the one we have. Then not only would teams play for a tie for the third period, they'd play for it for overtime too.
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No way. The majority of games are against divisional and conference opponents. The 2 point differential for winning in regulation or OT is worth much more than the 1 point differential for going to the shootout.
The inter-conference games might see teams play for a tie, but only the crappy teams will ever do that so who cares? If it's two crappy teams playing each other, nobody's going to be watching it anyway.