I don't have a problem with overtime losses worth a point or the shootout. Nor do I have a problem with only four skaters per side. I think they make overtime exciting and teams are more willingly to be aggressive. I have a problem with the rules of the game changing once the playoffs start. The teams that got to the playoffs competing with one set of rules should be allowed to compete using those same sets of rules. The only series that would have been dramatically altered was the Dallas-San Jose series. I believe three of the games went to overtime and the sixth game saw a 4th overtime. Would it have made a difference? Maybe, but the point is that the rules shouldn't change.
The curious thing about the rules change: the regular season ensures a winner and a loser after 5 minutes. The playoff rules actually make it harder to determine a winner and can result in the 4 OT game that Dallas endured.
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