http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2010/04/09/my-insane-but-awesome-shootout-solution/ ProHockeyTalk on NBCSports.com Sat, 18 May 2013 21:05:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2010/04/09/my-insane-but-awesome-shootout-solution/comment-page-1/#comment-1180 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:28:09 +0000 http://localhost/wp/3.0/?p=791#comment-1180 Two different solutions:
1) If the NHL wants to keep the shootout, then make it 2 points for a regulation win, no points for OT loss, and 1 point for shootout loss, since it’s a coin toss anyway.
OR
2) Get rid of the stupid shootout and if the game is tied after one OT, play a second 5-minute period 3-on-3. One team is sure to score quickly in that case.

]]> http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2010/04/09/my-insane-but-awesome-shootout-solution/comment-page-1/#comment-1179 Sat, 10 Apr 2010 10:18:35 +0000 http://localhost/wp/3.0/?p=791#comment-1179 Why not three points for a win and one for a tie? Forget overtime and the shootout. That’s the way they do it in European football.

]]> http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2010/04/09/my-insane-but-awesome-shootout-solution/comment-page-1/#comment-1178 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:29:23 +0000 http://localhost/wp/3.0/?p=791#comment-1178 http://www.jewelsfromthecrown.com/2009/10/29/how-about-this-for-settling-tie-games/

]]> http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2010/04/09/my-insane-but-awesome-shootout-solution/comment-page-1/#comment-1177 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:58:13 +0000 http://localhost/wp/3.0/?p=791#comment-1177 Exactly my point Mr. Schank. Then again, it could be 50 points for a win since you really are just counting wins at that stage.

]]> http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2010/04/09/my-insane-but-awesome-shootout-solution/comment-page-1/#comment-1176 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:47:33 +0000 http://localhost/wp/3.0/?p=791#comment-1176 Hit Submit before I finished. You are right on. I think was Jasper’s Rink that showed the calculation without the loser point (and the 3,2,1 system) and the standing were relatively unchanged, aside from the cluster in the middle of the east. This attempt at a turgid form of parity doesn’t make sense. We all know that the teams on the bubble are not going to make it, why continue the masquerade?

]]> http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2010/04/09/my-insane-but-awesome-shootout-solution/comment-page-1/#comment-1175 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:42:18 +0000 http://localhost/wp/3.0/?p=791#comment-1175 Either 3-2-1-0, 2-1 for each-0 or your 2-0 approach is fine by me. As long as the same number of points are awarded, I really don’t care.
It just needs to be fixed….yesterday.

]]> http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2010/04/09/my-insane-but-awesome-shootout-solution/comment-page-1/#comment-1174 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:39:22 +0000 http://localhost/wp/3.0/?p=791#comment-1174 Why not just have 2 points for a win and no points for a loss? You think you deserve a point for running the trap and playing for overtime? Go to hell. Win or go home ladies. This argument that you got a point for a tie and should therefore get a point for 5 minutes of extra play is not convincing. There is a clear winner and loser and losers should be punished accordingly. Enough with the calculations, if you lose, you get nothing. Zero. The End.

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