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Originally Posted by CroFlames
The Flames have 14 OTLs meaning that they are good at hockey, but they are not good at shinny (3 on 3) or all-star gimmicks (shootout).
I really wish our sport was like other sports where you had W-T-L, win is three points, T is one point, L is zero. The regular season is not a knockout tournament, ties should be allowed. The current system just rewards teams who are good at the gimmicky stuff (like the Oilers). But I guess that's the point.
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But Americans don't like ties!
Just go full American and make it wins and losses. The sport has to be comfortable with whatever tiebreaking system they have.
Baseball is comfortable with the ghost runner on 2nd
Football is comfortable with a team not even possessing the ball
Basketball is comfortable with 5 minute periods and players fouling out.
Hockey should be comfortable with 3 on 3 + shootout. Make it a 10 minute overtime and a 5 man shootout if you have to. Or come up with something else.