Recently, the National Hockey League instituted an "overtime period" and a "shootout" to determine a winner if a game is tied at the end of reguation. I think the system stinks!
2007-02-12 03:07:52 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Hockey
There is no "right" answer here. People are going to complain no matter what is done to the game.
Too many rules. Not enough rules.
Overtime. No overtime.
Shootout. No shootout.
Too many teams. Not enough teams.
Bettman must go. Bettman must stay.
etc.
etc.
It is what it is... Try and enjoy it for just that.
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2007-02-12 03:49:19 · answer #1 · answered by jujubah_01 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with "Nice Guy", it's not so much the shootout as play to a tie in regulation and all of a sudden there's another point available! Absolutely ridiculous, what other sport does this? I don't know that there's a good answer, in theory I'd like to just see overtime until someone wins (like the playoffs), but the problem with that is you could have dreadfully long games that don't even mean anything. I would do this:
win in regulation: 6 points to winner, 0 to Loser
play 10 minute overtime: 5 to winner, 1 to loser
shootout: 4 to winner, 2 to loser.
That way, the number of points available is constant, and the quicker you win, the more reward you get.
2007-02-12 12:27:43 · answer #2 · answered by clueless_nerd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not a big fan of a shootout deciding a game but I hate a tie. I think there has to be a winner and a loser. I dont know what the the best answer is but I know a shootout is better than ending in a tie.
2007-02-12 04:03:51 · answer #3 · answered by weller68 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
interior the in many cases going on season, a tie interest is going to a 5 minute extra time. in this era, communities skate 4-on-4 somewhat of 5-on-5. commencing up after the lockout, if a interest remains tied after extra time, communities flow to a shootout. fortuitously, there at the instant are not any shootouts interior the playoffs. Playoff extra time includes 20 minute classes and the interest would not end till somebody rankings. that's the main interesting hockey you will discover. each shot can probably end the interest. The longest interest in NHL history became in 1936 between the Detroit pink Wings and Montreal Maroons. the interest became no longer desperate till the previous due stages of the 6th extra time era, 116 minutes of hockey.
2016-12-17 08:13:09 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There should be no ties in professional sports ever. Its a bad way to do things. Sudden death is the way to go. Fans pay good money to see a winner, Where would baseball be if at the end of 9 innings they called a tie and a bitter taste is left in All mouth?
Shootouts (if they keep) them could be modified to allow for 2 offensive players vs a defencemen and a goalie.
2007-02-12 07:47:15 · answer #5 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A 5-minute overtime isn't long enough, and the shootout is just plan stupid.
Extend OT to 10 minutes, and if nobody can score in that time, both teams deserve the tie (getting rid of the tie was another bit of stupidity on Bettman's part).
2007-02-12 03:30:48 · answer #6 · answered by Judge Ghis 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't like it either. The term "overtime" has been changed by the NHL. They might as well change the game into 4 periods (or 4 quarters - like football & basketball). It's dumb. It's weird not to see a game end in a "tie". I hate the shoot-outs. It takes the excitement out of penalty shots. I don't know where they came up with this idea....was it from Olympic hockey rules or what?
2007-02-12 03:25:40 · answer #7 · answered by TML ♥'er 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The overtime period goes back quite a ways. I guess you meant the 4 on 4 overtime. That doesn't really bother me. I think they need to get rid of the shootout though. Go back to the old fashioned TIE.
2007-02-12 03:11:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I personally hate the shoot-out (maybe it is because the Flames haven't won one in a year and a half), but what makes me madder is the way they hand out the points. Every game needs to be worth the same number of points. Right now, an overtime or shoot-out game is worth 3 total points (2 to the winner, 1 to the loser). This 'bonus' point is annoying, as a team that works hard and wins in regulation just gets 2 points, while a team that hangs on to a tie and wins it in a shoot-out gets the same amount of points. I find myself begging for games NOT to go to overtime in the regular season just to avoid the extra point. Either they start awarding 3 points for a regulation win, or back to ties....but all games need to be worth the same number of points!!
2007-02-12 05:48:33 · answer #9 · answered by Nice Guy 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ties are like kissing your cousin...im a big fan of the shootout and a team going home with 2 points every game
2007-02-12 03:51:03 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like the shootout, but I get why some people don't. It's exciting, but I never minded ties.
As to the idea that hockey should go to four quarters - no. Do you really want to wait another twenty minutes while they resurface the ice? For what reason?
2007-02-14 05:02:54 · answer #11 · answered by Patrick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋