My favorite idea for a rule is not necessarily funny, but I think it would help the game a bit. Since there does not seem to be a way to get rid of the shootout, I would propose allowing a back-checker so we don’t have these guys going so insanely slow and just lulling the goalie to sleep. The shootout itself should be gone, I would rather just keep going with 3-on-3 overtime, but that just won’t happen because of the way the schedule is. Just can’t have games going that deep into the night when there are constant back to back games. However at least being able to eliminate some of these super unrealistic moves that some players do when they barely coast in. Just makes a joke of a thing like the shootout a little less gimmicky. Just trying to take the massive individual efforts out of what I think is the ultimate team game.



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