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Originally Posted by Macindoc
OTOH, I think that any system that awards the same number of points for a skills competition as a 60 minute game is fundamentally flawed, and any system that awards half as many points for a loss as a win is also fundamentally flawed. Even the current system has different amounts of points awarded in games, because a game can be 2 or 3 points. The only value in having the current system is that it sets out the maximum points obtainable as 164 points in a normal season, regardless of how those wins are obtained. In a 3-2-1 system, the only difference is that to obtain the maximum number of points, all wins have to be in regulation rather than in circus time or the skills competition. What's wrong with that?
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But the 1 point is not a reward for a loss, it's a reward for being tied through 60 minutes of regulation hockey. So it's not completely meritless.
3-2-1-0 system makes the most sense, as it gives teams a sense of urgency to end the game in regulation; winning in regulation is the only way to get the full 3 points.
It also gives bubble teams hope for making a late run and making the playoffs, since they can put together a bunch of regulation wins and get points 3 at a time instead of 2 at a time.
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