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Message: [QUOTE="Shoestringx, post: 487053, member: 14693"] You know you touch on one of the big problems with the NHL nowadays. If a team wins a game in regulation time it is worth 2 points to the winner, 0 to the loser for a total of 2 points. Then it goes to overtime and all of a sudden it is 2 points to the winner and 1 to the loser for a total of 3 points. As an example of how this is affecting thins, right now Pittsburg has 63 points, Carolina has 61 and Toronto has 60. However if you get rid of the 3 point games and just give the winner 2 points and the loser 0 then all three teams are tied at 60 points. So it punishes teams that aren't good at shootouts, which is no more than a silly skill contest. Incidentally, the leafs will finish in 9th-10th and Montreal will finish in 6th-8th. The leafs will hit another slump and the habs won't slump forever, however I do think that Montreal was playing a little above thier level earlier in the year... oh well. [/QUOTE]