Given the time parameters with the hub city idea, I understand why maybe an alternative for neverending 5 on 5 OT would be looked at for this year specifically (though it's a bit late for that now). But permanently going forward, its fine the way it is. If next year its a similar hub city idea, they should probably do something. Maybe even 4 on 4 / 3 on 3 after 2 OT or something? Definitely against a shootout. But the second the hub city is done, you scrap it.
Puck over glass is a brutal penalty, the only alternative I can think of is to treat it as an icing. But the majority of the time when it happens, it's in the offending team's zone anyway, so it's just giving them a free pass if it's not a penalty.
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