from Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic,
Change how penalties are awarded in three-on-three overtime: This is an agenda item that has been kicked around in the past but I sense more and more momentum on it. The idea is that a 4-on-3 power play is so much more dangerous than a standard 5-on-4 and so perhaps penalties in overtime should be cut down to one minute. Or perhaps certain types of penalties? Maybe puck over glass is just a minute but a roughing call is the full two? Discuss.
Change the “ROW’’ tiebreaker to the “RW’’ tiebreaker in the standings: A GM tabled this one and I like it. The idea with ROW was that it devalued shootout wins for determining a team’s spot in the standings via the tiebreaker. But now this GM in question is arguing that we should devalue the three-on-three OT win for the same purpose. I whole-heartedly agree. Regulation wins are king, they represent the true merit of a team’s value. I sense the league isn’t too keen on this change so it will be interesting if anything comes of it. Probably nothing.
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added 9:44am, from Frank Servalli of TSN,
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