[NefCanuck]

I must be going senile then because I like the shootout to settle games because it forces teams to play for a win in regulation.

I can't count the number of games in the past where the mantra of the coach obviously was "Play for the tie" once the game was tied and there were only a few minutes left to go, made for damn boring hockey IMO.

Sure losing by shootout sucks, but short of them doing something even more drastic like say taking the five minute OT and taking a player off the ice every minute the game remains tied, how else would you suggest we settle things? :unsure:

As to Stajan: I dunno, he's starting to remind me of Kyle Wellwood but he's obviously in better physical shape...

NefCanuck