[Jiri Hrdina]

Originally Posted by Mathgod

Yeah, it would definitely suck more than having the game go to 5 overtimes, a puck get accidentally dumped over the glass resulting in an automatic penalty, the shorthanded team getting a breakaway snuffed out by the other team mauling the player to the ice and not getting a penalty, then a player getting hit in the face by a puck making him unable to continue defending, not having the play blown dead, then the game ending because the injured defender couldn't get into position to block the shot... meanwhile, other teams have their game rescheduled, and unfair advantages could potentially come into play for the rest of the series and beyond due to how much hockey these 2 teams have played in this one game.

ffs I literally said the rule wouldn't apply in elimination games, and yall complain about "what about if the series was 3-2"... uh, that's literally an elimination game...

Still better than a playoff game ending in a tie