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Old 09-23-2015, 12:56 AM   #47
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Originally Posted by Igottago View Post
People are going to call me an old man or whatever, fine. I don't really think 3 on 3 is that exciting. You are just removing obstacles to give players more room to manoeuvre to create a goal, making it way easier on them. Its like playing NHL Arcade (or whatever that video game was). Beating 3 guys to score is going to look flashy but its not as impressive as beating 5 guys to score. I will always prefer the details and depth of how plays develop and not just the flashy finish. To me these scenarios are losing sight of the cake and just focus on the icing on top.

Also agreed, the loser point is terrible. Teams need to fear the fact that they might come away from a game with nothing.
So will everyone. But its a Tuesday in Febraury, and people want to go home. They had 60 minutes to for things to develop. The shootout is a skills competition - 3 on 3 is a track meet.

The real icing on the cake is that league wide increase in offense. Coaches can try to scheme 3-3 all they want, but there's too much space and too much skill for it to be anything other than Russian roulette. They're going to be forced to open up in regulation. Plus all the extra OT winners.
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