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Little by little, the hockey world is hearing rumblings of discontent with the NHL's adoption of the shootout as a regular-season solution to decide tied games.
First, esteemed radio/TV veteran Bob McCown laid into it. The equally respected New York Post columnist Larry Brooks followed that up with a shootoutophobic column of his own.
I've got a lot of time for Larry and Bob, but I've got to disagree with them. Not because any particular aspect of their arguments is faulty, but because both men seem open to the possibility of the reinstatement of a system allowing games to end in ties.
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