My opinion on shootouts in the NHL is that they aren't particularly good. The hype of 3v3 ot evaporates as soon as it goes to a shoot out. The issues with that is much like democracy its kinda shit but it's the best we got. I find every proposed solution for it has as many issues if not more.

Shoot outs are bad because it's an entirely different sport. It's great at an all star game to see what people can do but as an end to a hockey game it is quite a aways away from the game itself. I feel like it'd be about as similar as a basketball game settled by a tip off competition

An often proposed solution I see is that they should do infinite overtime until someone wins but the issue with this is that the NHLPA would never go for it. The players don't want to play 6 over times in a regular season game in Columbus. They simply do not care. So unfortunately for all its flaws shootouts are the best we got.