Anyway, losing in overtime or in the shootout earns one point, and losing in regulation gives you nothing. Why not give proper credit to winning in the quickest possible way? Three points to your team, and you can get back to your pad from the arena in time to watch Dancing With The Stars, if that is your kind of thing? Keeping fans overtime while winning gives you two points, but the other team steals one point for dragging the night onward and putting your date to sleep in the seat next to you.
Does that point system look familiar? Of course, the Olympics used that in the 2010 Winter Olympic hockey tournament last winter. One of the best things the Olympics ever did; Sidney Crosby agrees, too.
Here is the link to the current NHL standings I found online on NHL.com.
If the NHL used the Olympic point system, the standings would look like this. In the event of ties, I broke them with regulation wins, overtime wins, and so on, and then goal difference a la football (the other football):
Eastern Conference:
- Toronto (1), 12 points (3W-1OW-1OL-0L)
- Pittsburgh (5), 11 points (3W-1OW-0OL-3L)
- Tampa Bay (4) , 11 points (3W-1OW-0OL-1L)
- Washington (2), 10 points (2W-2OW-0OL-1L)
- Montreal (6), 10 points (3W-0OW-1OL-1L)
- NY Islanders (3), 10 points (2W-1OW-2OL-1L)
- Atlanta (7), 8 points (2W-1OW-0OL-2L)
- Philadelphia (8), 7 points (2W-0OW-1OL-2L)
- Boston (9), 6 points (2W-0OW-0OL-1L)
- Florida (10), 6 points (2W-0OW-0OL-2L)
- Carolina (11), 5 points (1W-1OW-0OL-2L)
- NY Rangers (12), 4 points (1W-0OW-1OL-2L)
- Buffalo (14), 4 points (1W-0OW-1OL-4L)
- Ottawa (15), 4 points (1W-0OW-1OL-4L)
- New Jersey (13), 3 points (0W-1OW-1OL-4L)
Western Conference:
- Chicago (1), 12 points (3W-1OW-1OL-2L)
- Colorado (3), 10 points (2W-2OW-0OL-2L)
- Dallas (2), 9 points (1W-3OW-0OL-1L)
- Nashville (4), 10 points (3W-0OW-1OL-0L)
- Detroit (5), 9 points (2W-1OW-1OL-1L)
- Los Angeles (6), 8 points (2W-1OW-0OL-1L)
- Vancouver (8), 7 points (2W-0OW-1OL-2L)
- Anaheim (9), 7 points (2W-0OW-1OL-3L)
- St. Louis (7), 7 points (1W-1OW-2OL-1L)
- Edmonton (10), 6 points (2W-0OW-0OL-2L)
- Calgary (11), 6 points (2W-0OW-0OL-2L)
- Columbus, 5 points (1W-1OW-0OL-2L)
- San Jose, 4 points (1W-0OW-1OL-1L)
- Minnesota, 4 points (1W-0OW-1OL-2L)
- Phoenix, 4 points (1W-0OW-1OL-2L)
Dallas has more to gain from the old "two points for a win" system! Someone get Gary Bettman on the phone! I knew this conspiracy involved Tom Hicks! They should be in fifth!
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