Option 2

Bring back ties. This isn't even a "get rid of the shootout" take. This is a "get rid of all overtime" take. There should only be overtime in the playoffs. It is asinine for a regulation win point split to be 2-0 and an overtime/shootout one to be 2-1. Where is this third point coming from? Either make a win three points and then do the 2-1 split or simply let there be ties. Of those options, I personally am in favor of the tie. Some of you might be saying to yourselves, "but Reyson, that is boring, there must be a winner and a loser in these games." To you, I simply say you are a simpleton and a neanderthal. How easy it must be to be able to boil the complexities life into such duality. Let us reward both teams for their efforts, while still leaving them both yearning for what could have been. So close, yet so far. Also, I want to go to sleep by the time OT comes around and I find myself staying up far too late. God forbid the Flyers be in overtime when they play in Vancouver, I'll be up all night.