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Originally Posted by FireGilbert
Really? What is the point of this (pun intended)? That rule seems stupider than the loser point itself.
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I'm pretty sure it is left over from pre-shootout days. There was talk that if teams were playing a team in another division they'd pull their goalie late in OT to go for the extra point with nothing really to lose.
I guess they just didn't bother changing the rule when they went to a shootout.