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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
Every hockey fan on earth know what to expect with IIHF games. It is what it is. Why do people still need to get all but-hurt about a shootout every year? This tournament is gimmicky to begin with since there is only ever 3-4 teams in contention in any given year so its not like we just lost a gold medal in the Olympics.
The fact a few Flames prospects showed themselves as significant cogs in the wheel of such a great game is really encouraging.
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Silence is treated as acceptance. The NHL has adopted 3 on 3 specifically to drive down the number of shootouts in the regular season because people continued to argue it is a horrible way to determine a winner. And that is for a regular season game.
The IIHF has even made changes. They made OT for the gold medal game 20 minutes instead of 10 just this year to try and mitigate the possibility of a shootout. Didn't work, alas, but the problem of the shootout doesn't get fixed if people meekly accept it.