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Originally Posted by dino7c
NHL should ditch the loser point...it makes no sense
They brought it in so teams wouldn't play for a tie but now there are no ties and teams go through the motions for the final 5 minutes
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They just need to make them 3 point games, that would actually allow one to see who the actual playoff teams are.
In the West it would look like this
Pacific
1) Vancouver - 94 points
2) Edmonton - 94 points
3) Vegas - 88 points
4) Calgary - 86 points
5) Arizona - 85 points
6) San Jose - 73 points
7) Anaheim - 69 points
8) LA - 59 points
Central
1) Colorado - 105 points
2) St. Louis - 99 points
3) Dallas - 94 points
4) Winnipeg - 85 points
5) Minnesota - 85 points
6) Nashville - 83 points
7) Chicago - 76 points
You would have a clear elite (Colorado and St. Louis)
A solid second tier (Vancouver, Edmonton, Dallas)
And then you would have a heck of race from the mediocre teams (Vegas, Calgary, Arizona, Winnipeg, Minnesota, Nashville) for the final three spots (with one Pacific team definitely getting in)
That would be much better than getting rid of the loser point.