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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Garrett may have a point about teams not playing to win when tied, because that was tough to watch.
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Scotty Bowman was opposed to the OTL point for that exact reason. It’s basic game theory. If you play to keep the tie for the last minutes of regulation, you’re going to get one point with a 50-50 chance of a second point. Try too hard to score, you risk a bad turnover and then you get nothing.
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Last edited by Jay Random; 12-14-2025 at 01:58 AM.
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