jamesa7171 t1_jazmy8j wrote on March 5, 2023 at 8:06 AM

Reply to comment by garrettj100 in [Sportsnet] History has been made! After beating the Buffalo Sabres tonight, the Boston Bruins have become the fastest team in NHL history to reach 100 points in a single season (61 GP). by BCLetsRide69

That game theory suggestion was recently proposed officially by the Baltimore Ravens as a way to fix the NFL's sudden death OT problem there (with the opening OT kickoff abandoned, and the starting yard line for the offense being the cake-cutting choice).

I love that kind of idea on a philosophical level, but it seems like it would get analytically solved quite quickly, and after a certain point it would just represent extra formalities to go through before starting OT (compared to just legislating the time).

jamesa7171 t1_jazbc58 wrote on March 5, 2023 at 5:47 AM

Reply to comment by garrettj100 in [Sportsnet] History has been made! After beating the Buffalo Sabres tonight, the Boston Bruins have become the fastest team in NHL history to reach 100 points in a single season (61 GP). by BCLetsRide69

Was this inspired by Armageddon in chess? (a type of tiebreaker game in tournaments where one side is given a significant advantage, but the other side can draw to win)

jamesa7171 t1_j9nj8tn wrote on February 23, 2023 at 6:12 AM

Reply to comment by oshawaguy in Oilers' Connor McDavid becomes fifth-fastest player to reach 800 points by BCLetsRide69

If you look at era-adjusted points:

Gretzky: 2475 points in 1487 games (1.66 points per game)

McDavid: 923 points in 545 games (1.69 points per game)

Given that Gretzky's totals include some later-age years it isn't quite fair to say that McDavid is outpacing him, but the other commenter is correct that the records can't be compared straight up.