NHL hockey unequal point values

[DeltaOne81]

The real NHL standings:
http://www.examiner.com/x-1743-Chicago-Blackhawks-Examiner~y2009m3d5-The-true-NHL-standings3509

[Rita]

[quote DeltaOne81]The real NHL standings:
http://www.examiner.com/x-1743-Chicago-Blackhawks-Examiner~y2009m3d5-The-true-NHL-standings3509[/quote]

Thanks. Maybe if Sid the Kid and the Pens don't make the playoffs, maybe Bettman will realize that the OTL/SOW system is a crap.

[Jim Hyla]

[quote KeithK][quote Jim Hyla][quote KeithK][quote jtwcornell91]
The other advantage to a plan like this is for a college hockey conference is that you could actually do weekend playoff series without infinite overtime,[/quote]
I'm sorry but this is not an advantage.  Playoff games are not supposed to end in ties or artificial constructs.[/quote]Why not, playoffs with first to 3 points can be very exciting, especially when the second game is tied.[/quote]
It's exciting when a team that won the first night can play for a tie?  Maybe we should just go back to two game total goals series.[/quote]Actually yes. I've posted about this before, but the most exciting 0-0 game I've seen was in 1989. We were at Clarkson and won the first game. The second was the 0-0 tie. We won by getting to 3 points first. It was very exciting, especially seeing Clarkson pull their goalie to try and win the game. So yes a tie can be very exciting.

[Trotsky]

[quote Jim Hyla]Actually yes. I've posted about this before, but the most exciting 0-0 game I've seen was in 1989. We were at Clarkson and won the first game. The second was the 0-0 tie. We won by getting to 3 points first. It was very exciting, especially seeing Clarkson pull their goalie to try and win the game. So yes a tie can be very exciting.[/quote]

For that matter, every team with a 1-goal lead is playing for a tie from that point on.

[Robb]

Screw it.  Let's just go with 10 points for a win, zero points for a loss, and zero points for a tie.  THAT would make for some exciting hockey when it's tied late in the 3rd period...

[Rita]

It seems like some SCRABBLE fans also have something to gripe about with regards to points, tiles and acceptable words (no, not the %$#^& ones ;-) ).

[Rita]

Yet another way to present NHL point standings.

And yes, the fact that some games are worth 2 points and other games worth 3 points still bugs me. ::wtf::. At least this proposal takes into account conference games.

[Trotsky]

Anything to expose the stupidity of tiephobia.