Beating A Dead Horse Thread: 3 on 3 in overtime during the playoffs

[DelZottoHitTheNetJK]

straight to jail

 

[Duder54]

F to the hell no.

 

[LuGBuG]

Don’t even put this out into the universe please. Playoff OT rules for hockey should never be changed. It’s the best.

 

[Golden_Jet]

Imagine thinking this was a good idea.

 

[Finlandia WOAT]

but NHL deems it too gimmicky to determine who wins a game 7.

That's not why though, it's because of stuff like teams are scheduled on back to backs during the regular season often. The players have negotiated into the CBA restrictions like no travel on the day you play and a 9 hour layover between arrival at the hotel and when you have to report to the game, which becomes difficult to promise if you don't have mostly consistent end times to games. Or a lot of arenas are multipurpose and have close turnaround times, which gunks up if you have an extra nhl game.

And to add on, the quality of hockey is trash because the guys are so exhausted. It's fun in the playoffs, where every goal matters, but a Tuesday night game in January against the resident basement dweller? No thanks.

 

[willy702]

I could go for 4 on 4 only for 2nd OT and beyond. I do think 4 on 4 is a better balance for keeping some of the game structure but opening things up. I could even see 4 on 4 being better modern day hockey as it would reduce some of the blocked shots and the endless passing around the perimeter when a team in the lead resorts to turtle hockey.