BY: Nick Maxson

With talk around the NHL about changing the point system, I thought it would be great to analyze why the current point system works so well.

Among the obvious and practical reasons the point system works, there is one big reason it works very well.

The race to the "Elite Eight."

There are three reasons in my book why the point system should stay the way it is.

Playoff Push

The point system is designed to be extremely competitive, especially around this time of the season where teams are fighting for a spot in the playoffs.

The Western Conference is one of the more competitive conferences not only in the NHL, but in all of professional sports.

As of now, NHL teams have between six and eight games left on their regular season schedule. A look at the standings however, and you notice that day-by-day it changes.

In this season's hunt for the playoffs, in the Western Conference, teams positioned from 6th through 11th place are only separated by six points.

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