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Originally Posted by Jay Random
Scotty Bownan 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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It would be dead easy to fix but the NHL loves the compressed standings.