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Originally Posted by getbak
The only significant change to the standings is that LA would drop two spots from the 2nd Wild Card position and St Louis would move into the 2nd Wild Card spot. Also, home ice in the Pittsburgh-Columbus and Anaheim-Edmonton series would switch.
Some of the non-playoff positions would also change, which would impact draft positions.
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I personally love the idea of all game being worth three points. Unfortunately, the league won't go for it because of how much quicker some teams would be eliminated from playoff contention.
The league cares more about the playoff race than they do about games remaining competitive in the final 10 minutes. While having some games worth 2-points and other games worth 3-points gives an inaccurate result in the standings board, it gives the league exactly what they want: ratings.