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This article was sent to me by my friend Hank. Despite what the article states, it was a losing streak. If it was a "winless streak" there would be ties. They can call the losses what ever they want, overtime losses, shootout losses, the key word in there is LOSS.

The Sabres lost at the end of every one of the previous 10 games. We as sports fans and Sabres fans can use the pity point and "overtime loss"/"winless streak" mentality to massage our egos, or we can face reality and know that in the end what happened was a 10 game losing streak.

I get a lot of Canadian readers and I will bet that the difference between us and Leaf fans is that Leaf fans will call it what it is, a losing streak, Buffalo fans will sugar coat it.

Thus my reason from previous posts that the pity point needs to be axed. If you want three columns or four columns in the standings you can have W-L and then OW (overtime win) and SW (shootout win). A loss is a loss, no matter what point of the game you lose. Award the team that wins in overtime with 3 points then lets see the style of hockey change in this league.