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Originally Posted by nfotiu
It creates an illusion of parity, when in fact, the OTL makes it pretty tough to climb back up in standings. A smart business would be more concerned about ensuring they have an entertaining product on the ice, than they would about tricking people into thinking their team still has a chance.
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Except that if your team is still in it till the end regardless of an illusion or not, it puts butts in seats and eyes on the tv. It's tough to climb up the standings because teams are always collecting points on a nightly basis and thus are always close in the standings, every pundit will tell you the OT point has created a closer race and that's why the league has zero interest in changing it.
Look at the standings for international tournaments that use a 3-2-1 point system and you see large discrepancies. It's not nearly as entertaining to the league and it's bottom dollar to do things that way. The higher ups for this multi-billion dollar league have probably had countless boardroom meetings on this and have come to the conclusion that this is the best approach and I guarantee it'll never change.