What if we had an Olympic point system?

Here is our third look of the 2011-12 standings as if there was a different points system. The most popular solution is to dish out three points per game (and the one I’m in favor of the most) like they do in the Olympics.

A regulation win would be worth three points apiece, whereas an overtime/shootout victory will get you just two. The loser in extra time would still get a single point. The tiebreaker at the end of the year would be total wins, followed by regulation wins.

I’m a big supporter of this system (which was used at the 2010 Olympics), and did some ‘research’ as to what the standings would look like if this was indeed how we handed out the points. It would create more excitement for the final two minutes of regulation in a tied game. Also, this eliminates all of the extra point crap when a game goes to OT, plus rewards teams for getting the job done in 60 minutes.

Here’s what this year’s standings would look like here at the All-Star break…

			3 pts	2 pts	1 pt
	Key:	WINS	REG	OT/SO	OTL	PTS
1	Rangers	31	26	5	4	92
2	Bruins	31	25	6	2	89
3	Capitals	26	20	6	3	75
4	Flyers	29	24	5	5	87
5	Penguins	28	20	8	4	80
6	Senators	27	18	9	6	78
7	Maple Leafs	25	19	6	5	74
8	Panthers	22	18	4	11	73
9	Devils	26	15	11	3	70
10	Jets	22	19	3	6	69
11	Canadiens	19	16	3	9	63
12	Lightning	21	15	6	4	61
13	Hurricanes	18	16	2	9	61
14	Sabres	20	15	5	5	60
15	Islanders	19	15	4	7	60

			3 pts	2 pts	1 pt
	Key:	WINS	REG	OT/SO	OTL	PTS
1	Red Wings	33	25	8	1	92
2	Canucks	30	23	7	4	87
3	Sharks	27	20	7	6	80
4	Blues	29	26	3	7	91
5	Predators	30	24	6	4	88
6	Blackhawks	29	22	7	6	86
7	Kings	24	17	7	10	75
8	Wild	24	18	6	7	73
9	Stars	25	20	5	2	72
10	Flames	23	20	3	6	72
11	Coyotes	22	19	3	8	71
12	Avalanche	26	15	11	2	69
13	Ducks	18	17	1	7	60
14	Oilers	18	15	3	5	56
15	Blue Jackets	13	9	4	6	41