As we enter day 2 of the NHL offseason and I’m watching EURO 2024 highlights and seeing how they do their points system, I feel that this needs to be said.
As we enter day 2 of the NHL offseason and I’m watching EURO 2024 highlights and seeing how they do their points system, I feel that this needs to be said.
Current NHL rules don’t allow for ties, so points shouldn’t even be a thing. Standings should simply be win/loss.
ReignX91
2 points for winning in Regulation/OT, 1 point for losing in OT, 0 for losing in Shootout.
No-Preference3849
2 points for a win anytime 1 point for a tie 0 points for any loss anytime. I hate that the nhl gives 3 points away every night. Hard to gain ground when your Inter division rivals are playing each other.
oupheking
Yeah but the owners want the standings to be close together near the end of the season to help drive hype and ticket sales
west-of-fenway
Get rid of points altogether. I hate the idea of making some wins worth more than others. Same with losses.
Soccer has a point system because it has ties. The sports that don’t have ties (or only do very rarely like NFL) don’t have point systems because they don’t have a third outcome they need to assign a value to. It’s just wins and losses, and winning percentages.
The most ridiculous thing in hockey standings, for years, has been the idea that one team can finish ahead of another, while having fewer wins. Corny.
Dry-Detective-264
Go with win / loss, just like every other professional sports league. get rid of the points.
or
2 points for a win/ot, 1 point for OT loss, 1 point for a shootout win, 0 points for a shootout loss.
O-D-C
Eliminate loser points – 2 points per game that’s it
Quaint_Potato
The end of the regular season this year is the exact reason why they won’t do this. 3 teams all in the East fighting for that last playoff spot, all playing at once? It’s tons of hype and marketability all the way up to game 82.
Ok_Hyena840
1 for a win, 0 for a loss.
Application-Visual
Also get rid of the shoot out. Give both teams an overtime loss
kstacey
Logically it makes sense, but you have to remember that the NHL wants the standings to be close to make drama and not have such large trailing teams and teams so far ahead it doesn’t make any difference.
You have to keep in mind, that this isn’t strictly a sporting league, it’s entertainment
IndependentNo7
Well that’s how they do it in Junior Hockey and IIHF already. Nothing new here but NHL doesn’t want to go this way.
Hutch25
I gotta disagree. The NHL is allowed to be different.
Their system keeps point races tighter and allows for weird shit like negative goal differential teams to make it into playoffs.
It’s interesting, so while it’s frustrating when more deserving teams miss playoffs, it gives a reason to talk about the NHL in a way most other sports leagues don’t have.
Vinto47
Didn’t somebody do the math before the playoffs started and the standings would’ve been virtually the same?
TheEmbarcadero
I have advocated for a 0-5 point system scale, which seems to run opposite of the sentiment of this thread. If you understand that the current point system awards points on the quality of wins and losses then I say improve on it!
Here goes…
5 points for a regulation win 4 points for an overtime win 3 points for a shootout win 2 points for an overtime loss 1 point for a shootout loss 0 points for a regulation loss
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not if parity is your main priority
Current NHL rules don’t allow for ties, so points shouldn’t even be a thing. Standings should simply be win/loss.
2 points for winning in Regulation/OT, 1 point for losing in OT, 0 for losing in Shootout.
2 points for a win anytime
1 point for a tie
0 points for any loss anytime.
I hate that the nhl gives 3 points away every night.
Hard to gain ground when your Inter division rivals are playing each other.
Yeah but the owners want the standings to be close together near the end of the season to help drive hype and ticket sales
Get rid of points altogether. I hate the idea of making some wins worth more than others. Same with losses.
Soccer has a point system because it has ties. The sports that don’t have ties (or only do very rarely like NFL) don’t have point systems because they don’t have a third outcome they need to assign a value to. It’s just wins and losses, and winning percentages.
The most ridiculous thing in hockey standings, for years, has been the idea that one team can finish ahead of another, while having fewer wins. Corny.
Go with win / loss, just like every other professional sports league. get rid of the points.
or
2 points for a win/ot, 1 point for OT loss, 1 point for a shootout win, 0 points for a shootout loss.
Eliminate loser points – 2 points per game that’s it
The end of the regular season this year is the exact reason why they won’t do this. 3 teams all in the East fighting for that last playoff spot, all playing at once? It’s tons of hype and marketability all the way up to game 82.
1 for a win, 0 for a loss.
Also get rid of the shoot out. Give both teams an overtime loss
Logically it makes sense, but you have to remember that the NHL wants the standings to be close to make drama and not have such large trailing teams and teams so far ahead it doesn’t make any difference.
You have to keep in mind, that this isn’t strictly a sporting league, it’s entertainment
Well that’s how they do it in Junior Hockey and IIHF already. Nothing new here but NHL doesn’t want to go this way.
I gotta disagree. The NHL is allowed to be different.
Their system keeps point races tighter and allows for weird shit like negative goal differential teams to make it into playoffs.
It’s interesting, so while it’s frustrating when more deserving teams miss playoffs, it gives a reason to talk about the NHL in a way most other sports leagues don’t have.
Didn’t somebody do the math before the playoffs started and the standings would’ve been virtually the same?
I have advocated for a 0-5 point system scale, which seems to run opposite of the sentiment of this thread. If you understand that the current point system awards points on the quality of wins and losses then I say improve on it!
Here goes…
5 points for a regulation win
4 points for an overtime win
3 points for a shootout win
2 points for an overtime loss
1 point for a shootout loss
0 points for a regulation loss