Think the shot clock would be a great idea. It would keep the pace of play up and force players to work fast, not smart, which should keep the entertainment value up. Coach’s have found a way to ruin 3 on 3 as we expected them to, slowing play down to a crawl and keeping possession at all costs.
A shot clock takes strategy away from coaches which is a good thing. The rest of the big 4 sports have their own version of a shot clock, so why not the NHL. It’d only be for 3 on 3 which is a gimmick anyway and as long as it’s a fun entertaining gimmick, no one will complain.
So easy that it allows them to get rid of points altogether and count up wins and losses like all the other leagues.
Meanwhile, soccer, the most popular sport in the world, has ties and points. MLS just finished a season with 493 matches, of which 146 were drawn. Apparently not all American sports fans hate ties and points.
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If they insist on changing the game after the 3rd period, it should be 1 point for the winner and 0 for the loser.
Then there's never any incentive to collude with an opponent from the other conference who you wouldn't care if they get an extra point.
Since the 21-22 season, Flames have played 73 games against Eastern teams and 106 games against Western teams. 21 of the Eastern games (28.8%) went to OT/SO and 24 of the Western games (22.6%) did. I'd do a proper analysis for all games and teams except they make these larger data sets so difficult to access without manually counting.
Why should the rest of the league get penalized for two teams 'creating' a 3-point game?
Meanwhile, soccer, the most popular sport in the world, has ties and points. MLS just finished a season with 493 matches, of which 146 were drawn. Apparently not all American sports fans hate ties and points.
I'm fine with ties if it's 1 point for a tie and 2 points for a win. That makes all games equally important.
The soccer thing with 3 points for a win is awfully arbitrary. Why not 4 for a win and 1 for a tie? 7 for a win and 1 for a tie?
If they insist on changing the game after the 3rd period, it should be 1 point for the winner and 0 for the loser.
Then there's never any incentive to collude with an opponent from the other conference who you wouldn't care if they get an extra point.
Since the 21-22 season, Flames have played 73 games against Eastern teams and 106 games against Western teams. 21 of the Eastern games (28.8%) went to OT/SO and 24 of the Western games (22.6%) did. I'd do a proper analysis for all games and teams except they make these larger data sets so difficult to access without manually counting.
Why should the rest of the league get penalized for two teams 'creating' a 3-point game?
This has been asked and answered 1000000000 times.
The NHL and every owner in the league want as many meaningful games played down the stretch. If the league was concerned about separating the wheat from the chaff they would use the IIHF 3-2-1-0 scheme and this wouldn't be a part of the discussion.
It doesn't make sense because it's the NHL.
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If they dont want ties then after 3-on-3 it should be 'Feats of Strength!'
One team member has to fight his Father and the opposing team member has to fight a Bear which may or may not be armed with a pole. Who fights what is determined by the most objective method mankind has.
Rock, Paper, Scissors.
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This has been asked and answered 1000000000 times.
The NHL and every owner in the league want as many meaningful games played down the stretch. If the league was concerned about separating the wheat from the chaff they would use the IIHF 3-2-1-0 scheme and this wouldn't be a part of the discussion.
It doesn't make sense because it's the NHL.
It's funny, you'd think that would mean the goal is minimization of the coefficient of variation with respect to how many points each team gets.
For those that don't know, coefficient of variation allows you to compare standard deviations with various means - which we should use, as the mean became an unknown with the advent of possible 3-point games. It is simply CV=σ/µ.
1998-99 (last season of no bonus time) = 0.1929, 27 teams, 16 playoff teams
2005-06 (first season of OTL and no ties) = 0.1808, 30 teams, 16 playoff teams
2021-22 = 0.2229, 32 teams, 16 playoff teams
2022-23 = 0.2067, 32 teams, 16 playoff teams
It appears this initially worked, but it seems to have changed. More teams have been added to the league and it appears that teams have adjusted to the diminished probability of making the playoffs and completely nullified this perceived "creation of meaningful games" argument.
