Shootouts are a bad omen in hockey. You can be a success as a shooter in a shootout and not be a very good overall hockey player. Remember Kotalik? You can be a better goalie in a game situation than in a shootout it would seem. Let's win , lose or tie with whole teams playing something resembling hockey. I don't like shootouts, don't like the three point play in basketball and I don't like the designated hitter in baseball. Those changes in our sports created more jobs for players but for me take away from the games themselves.JMO.