I absolutely hate shootouts. I thought it was an interesting, but hopefully niche thing when they were brought in, but honestly a tie is better. I think the absolutely best solution is a change of the point system, with a regulation win being worth 3 points, and an overtime win 2, overtime loss 1, regulation loss 0. This has a lot of ability to have tweaks as well, you could remove the shootout and bring back ties, 3v3 forever until a goal happens (honestly, how long would the longest 3v3 last, 15 minutes? I think that's worth it), or hell even keep the shootout, but don't make it worth the same as a regulation win. I think it would be really beneficial to stop awarding shootout victories the same as being able to push and close out a game in regulation. One final tweak perhaps could be extending that 5 minute overtime period - make it so if you win it's the full 3 points, and losing is nothing. that way you might get players and teams pushing for that goal, as opposed to waiting for the stupid shootout.