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What happened to the super long playoff overtime games?
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JianYang
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If we are being honest. The long OT games are/were never a great product. Yes, the suspense was there, but when the guys are running on fumes, it generally gets harder to score. The game slows down and both teams are just waiting for a mistake rather than being proactive, which is the necessary thing to do as the players are gassed.
I remember a long OT game between dallas and vancouver about 20 years ago. Even though the local team won, the talk on the radio had to do with how ridiculous the overtime was rather than the result.
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Nah I always love to watch games that are like marathons.
They're rare enough to be a treat when they do actually happen, at least to me, so I agree. If they happened a lot more often then yes, they'd probably get old. A vague parallel is when I was into baseball (I don't really care about watching many games anymore though) and before they had the automatic runner on second base in extra innings. Since MLB games can't end in a tie under normal circumstances, in an extra inning game, by the 12th inning or so I just wanted the damn thing to be over already.
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Since they've apparently solved the extended overtime dilemma that allegedly plagued continous playoff overtime, maybe we can get rid of 3-3 OT and the shootout during regular games and just play true hockey all year long.
I thought they based it on whose team Instatagram account got more likes during the game.
That memory confirms the pic. I would have been surprised if you weren't an 80s kid knowing The Bangles
Ahhhhh......the gool ol' days.
It ain't a big deal.
Better than SO and adds a little spice by giving a different presentation of the game once in a while.
Yes, we should run world class athletes further into the ground and then complain and bitch about the playoffs not being incredible. Fck it, we should play 120 games in the regular season while we're at it.
I did, it sucked in comparison.Have you tried not living in Spain?
Haha. Yeah, 80’s kid. And lucky for it.That memory confirms the pic. I would have been surprised if you weren't an 80s kid knowing The Bangles
Ahhhhh......the gool ol' days.
I had a huge crush on The Bangles.
And for someone to see me today would he surprised to find out I still like their music
Nope. I like to throw people a curveball.
I have a library in my living room where one wall- the entire 20' or so is all books. Everyone assumes it's my wife's yet the irony is my wife doesn't read at all.
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Daniel Sedin
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i just like to see teams sufferIt amazes me that people like you exist.
Are you a fan of watching paint dry?
I had an illiterate wife, too. Dumb as pile of bricks. I’m single now, so I guess shit evens out.Nope. I like to throw people a curveball.
I have a library in my living room where one wall- the entire 20' or so is all books. Everyone assumes it's my wife's yet the irony is my wife doesn't read at all.
Seems you may be a bit sadistic but really you may be maskchist because the greater suffering is the fan who has to watch two teams slog through minute after minute of non-event hockey.
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Let’s try for one more then.
I wish to see Mitch Marner bring the Stanley Cup and the Conn Smythe trophy to Dundas Square on a few days.
