[JL8Jeff]

I have to say that I absolutely hate the shootout BS giving one team the extra point. A shootout has nothing to do with one team being better than and beating another team. If neither team can win outright in regulation or overtime, then each should get 1 point, that's it. There is no shootout in the playoffs so I don't understand why it's used in the regular season. I bet if they extended overtime to 10 minutes, 75% of the ties would find a true winner. I don't recall seeing so many overtime ties and shootouts, especially at the end of the season like this. It's not even fun to watch these games all played to a tie anymore.