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Originally Posted by GirlySports
True except to go from 3 points to 0 is a big drop.
In the 3rd period now a team with the lead will try to hold it but if they don't they just go from 2 points down to 1 with the possibility of getting 2 again.
In your system, a team with a 1 goal lead with 5 minutes left has 3 points. If they blow it, they could have 0 points with the possibility of 1? maybe 2? but could be 0. I'd be really trapping and holding onto my lead even moreso than now.
We see this in soccer a lot, a team with 3 points trying to hold on and even if they blow it, they still get a tie. From 3 to 0, I'd be scared.
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That's the whole point though? You want to be scared to lose. Right now the current system isn't giving that much of an incentive to be because theoretically you could play it safe for 60 minutes, and then get the same amount of points you would have if you played balls to the wall for the first 60 minutes.
You want to encourage teams to finish games in regulation, and if that can't be done, push for the win in OT.