Why an Overtime Loss (OTL) is NOT a "loss."

I’ve walked out of way too many OTL games at the DrinkScotch and not one felt like a kiss-yer-sister. They felt like losses.

Bettman and his gimmicks be damned, but this OTL is still a loss. Ask a goalie what he thinks it is after he loses.

i hate loss
they are worse than ties
fuck detroit

So screw the fact that the loser earns a point!
Give the losers nothing. The winner gets two. If it goes PAST the extra five, both guys get a point, bettman, you weasel.

An OT loss is a loss — because that’s how it was in the old days.

But a shootout winner is a tie.

Yeah, that doesn’t mean anything, but they used to get a loss for giving up a goal in OT.

If there absolutely HAS to be a “winner,” then let’s go to a European-style three-point system.

Regulation win = 3 pts
Overtime Win = 2 pts
Overtime Loss = 1 pt
Regulation Loss – 0 pts

That way, every game is worth the same number of points. And there are still four columns in the standings. Instead of W-L-OTL-SOL, it’s RGW-OTW-OTL-RGL.

Overtime is five-on-five, like a real game. None of this four-on-four gimmick crap, and no shootouts. If you have to have a “winner,” then play OT until you get one.

Otherwise, eliminate the overtime except in the playoffs — where there DOES have to be a winner for every game — and award two points for a win, no points for a loss, and a point to each team for a tie score after 60 minutes of regulation.

Away with this “some games are worth more points than others” crap.

B.

Regulation win = 5 points
Regulation loss = -3 points
Overtime Win = 3 points
Overtime Loss = -5 points

MUHAHAHA!!!!!!