‘Traditionalists like me hate the shootout, but Ennis said what the fans like matters, “Absolutely, tradition’s important, but I think change is important as well. The game always needs to grow, it needs to get better, you look at the NFL, they make changes a lot, the NFL’s growing, it’s getting more and more popular and the NHL is similar, we need to adapt to what the fans want to grow the game and I think what grows the game is talent and offensive excitement, so the more offense, the more excitement, the better.” Captain Brian Gionta added, “Since the previous lockout when it was instituted, fans have loved it which is good for the game, so you have to look at it that way as well.”’