JD POV: How to fix 3-on-3 OT.

The National Hockey League is hotter than ever right now. But Jason Demers has an idea to make 3-on-3 overtime just a little bit better. Naturally, Adnan Virk is pretty skeptical.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
As We Close up Shop?

Speaker 1 (00:09):
How about Little jdpov?

Speaker 2 (00:11):
What do you got? Yes, POV three because in honor
of the GM meetings, they talked about three on three
extending the time to ten minutes, and there was talk
that Bevan doesn't like that for injuries. But my three
on three change, I think it needs to be adjusted
a little bit. Listen. I'm a fan of it. It's fun.
You see best on best three on three, the most

(00:33):
skilled guys going at it. But I do not like
when the guys bring it out of the blue line
and they just keep reloading and reloading, like the Soviet
Union back in the day, the Iron Curtain. I just
don't like that. I think there needs to be a
change to that to make it a little bit more
faster paced. And I think my change and my thought
for it would create more offense. People might think, no,

(00:55):
it won't, Yes it will. Once you cross the blue line,
the offensive blue line, and you enter into the zone,
you are not allowed to bring the puck out of
the zone. You cannot wind it back, you cannot bring
it out, you cannot pass the puck out. You have
to stay inside the offensive blue line and attempt to score,
because what that's gonna do is it's gonna make it
three on three, close ice blue line in and what's

(01:16):
gonna happen is guys, can't, you know, sit back and
keep winding back so when there are turnovers, it'll be
quick to offense. It'll be two on one after two
on one, and it'll probably quicken up the pace of
three on three and make it I think a little
bit even more exciting than it already is. So that's
my pov. Take it, digest it. If you don't like it,
suck it.

Speaker 1 (01:35):
She call the play dead. If they leave the zone,
that's take a reverse off side. Just want to be clarified,
that's what you're looking for.

Speaker 2 (01:40):
The ges, Yes, you lose possession or now you don't
lose possession.

Speaker 1 (01:44):
It seems a little complicated.

Speaker 2 (01:47):
What you come into the blue line and then you
can't pull it back out of the blue line. I
just think that's complicated.

Speaker 1 (01:53):
I'm just telling you. I think guys would be like no,
I want to go like that, because they're so conditioned
as you sit to be like no, I want to
kind of reset.

Speaker 2 (01:58):
I can't reset. Now, I'm stuck. I'm in this area. Sorry,
you lose it. I'm contained. It's a penalty if you
do that, it's a three UND You're gonna call it penalty.

Speaker 3 (02:07):
The guy goes back, Yeah, wow, cour you're doing just
shorten that ice so much for a two hundred.

Speaker 2 (02:15):
Fin nine three on three, make it quick going zone.
Come on not. The Whirling Dervish is here to.

Speaker 1 (02:22):
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