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Originally Posted by Itse
I've mentioned this before, but my suggestion would be to have the shootout before the game, and make that the tiebreaker. That way the game is never tied, one team always has to push for goals and there would be no "playing to make the OT/SO".
I think it would also work well as sort of a pregame ritual to build excitement, and it would make games more equal to each other in length, since every game would be SO + regulation.
Obviously this would eliminate OT.
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You don't want a shootout every game, or be a regular part of every game. It's just a last resort. I think less than 15% of games go to a shootout. Why waste time for the other 85%?