At first I hated the puck over the glass rule, since it was only ever called because of bad puck luck and I thought having no change like icing would be acceptable, but now I'm okay with it. The odd annoying penalty is a small price to pay for speeding up the game. We don't want to go back to the days of defensemen repeatedly dumping it over the glass to catch their breath.
As far as never ending OT games that's okay too. It's neat quirk of playoff hockey that doesn't come up very much and adds to the difficulty of winning the Cup. Maybe you take longer intermission breaks going forward to allow more time to be spent fixing the ice and catching breath or heck I guess I'd be okay going to 3 on 3 in like 4OT.
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