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Originally Posted by troutman
Surely you can show us evidence of thousands of examples of games impacted by timeouts, that can’t can’t be explained by other factors. I’ve searched and have not found anything. I assume when timeouts are taken to change momentum, the team with the lead is already sitting back, so you have to account for that.
There are many television timeouts too (three per period).
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Firstly, "that cant be explained by other factors" was never asked. That's part of what made the original statement stupid.
If you'd like I can post clips but to be completely honest, if you dont believe time outs have any effect on the game, you've bottled my mind.
A little background, the timeout has been a part of the NHL since 1983, in which tens of thousands of games have been played. Time outs have been used to give scoring lines a chance to rest when a timely goal is needed, they have also been used to give defenders time to compose themselves after a lengthy shift. Finally it has been used by literally every team in the league to establish and execute a set play.
But time outs have no effect?