3x3 OT proven silly

[BearLover]

The fans who attend the game do not want to see it end in a tie. It's really that simple.

[Al DeFlorio]

The fans who attend the game do not want to see it end in a tie. It's really that simple.

Bullshit

[redice]

The fans who attend the game do not want to see it end in a tie. It's really that simple.

Bullshit

I'm with BearLover on this one.  In my world, a tie is like kissing your sister...   And, neither of my sisters are appealing to me in that regard!  ;-)

[Dafatone]

I'm weird. I'd prefer a tie but I don't hate shootouts. What I hate is 3v3 sudden death hockey. It doesn't feel like hockey.

At least shootouts don't claim to be hockey.

[French Rage]

OK, if you don't want it to end in a tie, then we need to compromise and say a win is a win, regardless of how you got that win.  You either win, lose, or tie; otherwise we end up with 7 different columns in the standings.

Gender is a spectrum; hockey games are not.

[Al DeFlorio]

The fans who attend the game do not want to see it end in a tie. It's really that simple.

Bullshit

I'm with BearLover on this one.  In my world, a tie is like kissing your sister...   And, neither of my sisters are appealing to me in that regard!  ;-)

You know, some wiseass made up that trite phrase and now too many people think it's true.  It's like an asshole said his election was stolen and now one-third of the country believes it.  Both nonsense.  Two teams play tied after 65 or 70 minutes then that's the fair and just outcome.  Some artificial and dorky scheme to ensure each team gets a point or two in one of five or six categories is just ridiculous.

[billhoward]

The fans who attend the game do not want to see it end in a tie. It's really that simple.

+1

[BearLover]

I don't like 3x3 or shootouts either. But to the casual fan, the type of person hockey is trying to attract, there is a clear distaste for ties. The goal is to fill the seats, not to maximize fairness. The NHL does the same thing.

[Al DeFlorio]

The fans who attend the game do not want to see it end in a tie. It's really that simple.

+1

Where's the study that shows this?  And it's only a "win" if one team gets two points and the other gets none.  Otherwise it's something else that is at the whim of the current committee.

[Al DeFlorio]

I don't like 3x3 or shootouts either. But to the casual fan, the type of person hockey is trying to attract, there is a clear distaste for ties. The goal is to fill the seats, not to maximize fairness. The NHL does the same thing.

Show me the study.

If you want to reduce the number of times, the best way is to make it easier to score.  A game with eight or ten goals is less likely to end in a tie than one with two or four.  Just get rid of the absurd amount of padding today's goalies wear and make them have to make saves with a glove or stick or blocker, not just by standing in the right place.  Surely today's technology can protect a goalie without making him or her look like the Michelin man.

[Trotsky]

Gender is a spectrum; hockey games are not.

Argument that characterizing gender as a spectrum is just maintaining the old hierarchical prison.

[Trotsky]

The fans who attend the game do not want to see it end in a tie. It's really that simple.

Not all of them, and the sport is harmed by pandering to the bottom.

[French Rage]

I don't like 3x3 or shootouts either. But to the casual fan, the type of person hockey is trying to attract, there is a clear distaste for ties. The goal is to fill the seats, not to maximize fairness. The NHL does the same thing.

The previous 87 ideas to bring casual fans into hockey didn't work, but I have a good feeling about idea 88!

[Beeeej]

I don't like 3x3 or shootouts either. But to the casual fan, the type of person hockey is trying to attract, there is a clear distaste for ties. The goal is to fill the seats, not to maximize fairness. The NHL does the same thing.

The previous 87 ideas to bring casual fans into hockey didn't work, but I have a good feeling about idea 88!

Bring back the digital puck tail!

[Al DeFlorio]

I don't like 3x3 or shootouts either. But to the casual fan, the type of person hockey is trying to attract, there is a clear distaste for ties. The goal is to fill the seats, not to maximize fairness. The NHL does the same thing.

The previous 87 ideas to bring casual fans into hockey didn't work, but I have a good feeling about idea 88!

39 failures before they got WD 40.