[EricH]

Originally Posted by AndrewPospeshil

That's interesting - if playoff ties were to be decided by a third match, that would be another 18 matches this season, or 45 total minutes of game play. Not that anyone isn't really against it already, but data seems to show that the current playoff tiebreaker rules aren't worth keeping.

I would say that they are worth keeping.

However, that is IF the game doesn't lend itself to ties, which can be extremely hard to predict before the season. 2010 was notorious for its ties (and the low scores compared to most years). 2011-2015, not so much. 2016 was close enough to possibly want it, but I think it was unnecessary. 2017, who knows?