The league seriously needs to look at reducing the shootout even more. I get that you can't always have continuous OT, but I think more often than not, 3on3 continuous OT would never go very long. Or just make a rule where if the teams are within 3 spots of each other in the standings or within 5 points and are in a playoff position before the game starts, then continuous OT is played rather than 5 min OT and then a shootout. Or just blanket any game where both teams are in a playoff position prior to the start of the game, there is no shootout.