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Old 11-20-2023, 06:13 PM   #170
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I almost hate to say it, and I'm not really sure if anything has changed, but when I was a kid in minor hockey week, if a game had to have a result with a couple of minutes, they would just go to no goalies. It seems a simple solution, 5 minutes 3on3 then 5 minutes 3on3 empty nets, the shootout, if you end up with more than 4 or 5 shootouts per year I'd be shocked.
Are you joking, lol? It's the NHL, the team that won the face off would score the empty net goal within seconds. If you think the shootout is gimmicky, no goalies is "literally flip a coin at centre ice" levels of silliness.

Ever watch empty net goals from the own zone? Most NHL players can hit an empty net without issue and under pressure from 150-200 feet, in your scenario they're like half that distance right away with only three opposition players.

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