Overview
- Bayless praised 3-on-3 after Team USA’s 2-1 Olympic quarterfinal win over Sweden and asked, “Listening, NHL?”
- An X community note stated that the NHL already has 3-on-3 overtime, undercutting his suggestion.
- Hockey fans, media figures, and former players, including Jason Demers, ridiculed the take across social platforms.
- Quinn Hughes scored the overtime winner in the 3-on-3 extra period that prompted Bayless’s post.
- The coverage contrasted the NHL’s long-standing 3-on-3 for regular-season OT with playoff 5-on-5, while noting this is only the second Olympics using 3-on-3 and several quarterfinals reached overtime.