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Originally Posted by dobbles
I think I am on board with altering how points are awarded instead of trying to tweak on ice play. A big complaint I have had about hockey in general is that once scoring shut down in the 90's, teams no longer tried to outscore their opponents, they tried to give up less goals. Until that macro level strategy changes, then teams will always be way too cautious and ties and boring hockey will continue. We need to incentivize scoring and winning to try and shift things back.
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What's to stop teams then from trying to score the first goal and then shutting it down?
If the two alternatives are 3 points vs 0 points, isn't that the rational strategy?