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Forums :: Blog World :: Eklund: Should the NHL change the overtime format in the playoffs at all?
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Eklund
Commissioner
Joined: 09.15.2005

Apr 17 @ 2:07 PM ET
Eklund: Should the NHL change the overtime format in the playoffs at all?
ChicagoHope
Chicago Blackhawks
Location: Lyndon, IL
Joined: 08.13.2007

Apr 17 @ 2:12 PM ET
Never, greatest overtime in all of the 4 major sports!!
Eman87654
Season Ticket Holder
Anaheim Ducks
Location: CA
Joined: 12.06.2015

Apr 17 @ 2:23 PM ET
Leave overtime. It has a big toll on fatigue. But its part of the strategy. If anything i think the first.round should be 5 games. It will cause more upsets. And create more intriguing situations. Just having the idea that anyone can win. It just a smaller sample size that can make fans beleave in thier teams more.
mjones242
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Pretentious Beer Snob, ON
Joined: 06.22.2015

Apr 17 @ 2:46 PM ET
No.
Bob_Loblaw
Season Ticket Holder
Joined: 06.17.2011

Apr 17 @ 5:01 PM ET
No! Never ever change overtime.
Oildrum
Edmonton Oilers
Location: Kenny will bring us to the promised land
Joined: 06.12.2012

Apr 17 @ 5:08 PM ET
Stupid question. Hell no!
Nfdbulldawg
New York Islanders
Location: Long Island, NY
Joined: 06.29.2007

Apr 17 @ 5:51 PM ET
No !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Marwood
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Cumberland, BC
Joined: 03.18.2010

Apr 17 @ 6:16 PM ET
Eklund: Should the NHL change the overtime format in the playoffs at all?
- Eklund

No.
Marwood
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Cumberland, BC
Joined: 03.18.2010

Apr 17 @ 6:17 PM ET
Leave overtime. It has a big toll on fatigue. But its part of the strategy. If anything i think the first.round should be 5 games. It will cause more upsets. And create more intriguing situations. Just having the idea that anyone can win. It just a smaller sample size that can make fans beleave in thier teams more.
- Eman87654

acdc1206
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Fire Sullivan, PA
Joined: 06.13.2007

Apr 17 @ 7:05 PM ET
Nope
Hockeyfan4life14
Calgary Flames
Joined: 08.23.2019

Apr 17 @ 7:06 PM ET
Should change playoff format to top 16 teams period it’s like DEI letting worse teams in just cause they play in the east , it dilutes the product
SC116
Chicago Blackhawks
Joined: 08.29.2015

Apr 17 @ 8:11 PM ET
No change, you have to earn the win playing the rules that got you to OT ... 5 skaters vs 5 skaters plus goalies... it's the ultimate endurance test keep it that way.

If it is 'too hard' for some teams ... well they can take few days off after they are eliminated before hitting the golf course.
Jkrgoflyers
Season Ticket Holder
Philadelphia Flyers
Joined: 10.09.2020

Apr 17 @ 10:25 PM ET
Sudden death.
greenyone
Joined: 02.20.2013

Apr 18 @ 7:25 AM ET
Should change playoff format to top 16 teams period it’s like DEI letting worse teams in just cause they play in the east , it dilutes the product

The only way that even makes sense is if every team plays each other the same amount of times....which for logistical purposes like scheduling and travel is never going to happen. The only argument for change that I might get onboard with is a 5 game series in the 1st round.