i'm actually in favor of rounding the corners more, like 6" probably. puck goes through them quicker, spends less time in a non-scoring area.

4 on 4. LOL

Make the nets bigger. 2xLOL

Go home you are all drunk.

Weird how hockey is the only sport that appears to have scoring issues... well I suppose baseball might but not sure.

Like every other sport has not had the issues that hockey has. I wonder why that is.

Lol what.

Soccer?

Probably should've rephrase that...

I meant in relative terms we have seen a decline in goals per game in hockey. Not sure this holds true for soccer.

Enlarging the nets would be so much harder than just changing the rules on goalie pads, as noted above. Yes, the NHLPA claims it's a safety issue, but I have to hope they'd budge if the NHL pressed this, as it matters to only about 10% of their membership (and it's stupid) while other points like, ya know, money and stuff, matter to everyone.

Leg pads that don't rise any farther above the knee than they need to and are maybe 1.5 inches narrower, a smaller blocker and glove, and if possible (you guys who goaltend can tell me), make the jersey more form-fitting (without reducing the allowed padding underneath). Seem like doing all those things would help with the scoring issue.

Other things I'd do:

• Power plays on minor penalties last the full two minutes, even if the attacking team scores.
• Icing the puck during power plays isn't legal (i.e., it still results in a defensive-zone faceoff).
• Holding, obstruction etc. get called, like for real.
• Cross-checking and interference and such get called, even in the low slot. I mean it.
• To combat any increased tendency to dive resulting from all the above, embellishment negates any minor penalty associated with it. Push the refs to call these.
• I like sylar's corner-rounding idea.
• Possibly move the blue line out a bit, ~1 foot?
• Hand pass is illegal even in the defensive zone.
• Eliminate the loser point.
• Eliminate the shootout. If a team doesn't win during the allowed time (including whatever overtime we're using), it gets nothing. Watch how late game-play opens up now!
• Increase the allowed maximum curvature of a stick blade, or eliminate the rule entirely. While we're at it, modifiy the prohibition on playing with a broken stick (which was just an effort to crack down on players "breaking" their blades into curves) to permit playing with anything that is cracked but hasn't had a piece break off.

another thought i had was to modify offsides. once the puck crosses the blue line, it has to come out all the way to center ice (red line). helps the offense keep the puck in.

I personally love the game as is just think rules need to be enforced like they were in 04-05 post lock out

the biggest problem is enforcement
if you ain't cheatin' you ain't tryin', etc

it's why the changing the nets argument seems better to me

and i mean, goalies have gone from being like 5'7" to 6'5" +PADZ
the nets are the same size because?

have been thinking about this one for a while, and yeah i think they should do it

maybe
i'm lukewarm on this one

tbh i haven't felt like obstruction is much of a problem at all

the net battle stuff ... sure if it's egregious, they tend to allow a little too much

would like to see a crackdown on charging myself, and slashing. somewhere along the way charging stopped being a thing, and hockey turned into lacrosse with all the slashing. one of the reasons why there's so little play down the middle is that you're eating a ridiculous slash across the arms from like 4 different guys if you try it. slashes that make no attempt at the puck should be called every time.

not sure that i like this given how bad they are at spotting dives

you'll drive people bonkers when you get it wrong

3-2-1-0

sure why not

and it would be impossible to get the puck out and change

think 5 minute shifts would become not uncommon with guys unable to get off the ice
(assuming it could be done without conceding a goal or taking a penalty)

might be a little too dramatic of a change

Width of goalie pads, size of blocker and glove could easily be reduced quite significantly without any degradation in protection as far as I can tell. Scoring issues solved. The width of the pads is clearly where most of the gain would be. It's hard to overstate how much even a 2" width reduction would open the net to shooters. This has a compounding effect because then goalies would be forced/tempted to come out further to close the angle which of course would increase the opportunity to deke.

+1

and probably taking down slashing as well with 0-tolerance that 72off said. Slashing sucks.

maybe i'm alone in this, but i don't think there's a problem with the current scoring in the NHL. trying gimmicks to make the game into a mini-ASG would be kinda lame.

pretty easy to say when you got MAGNUM CONDON

this whole CONDON thing is so crazy. guy literally came out of nowhere to become the 2nd best goalie in the NHL behind Price. played for lolprinceton, undrafted, ECHL then magically stomped all over the AHL and now is KILLING the NHL.

shows how dumb it is to waste high picks on goalies. unless it's for PRICE.

[QUOTE=El Rata;48589907] yeah, it's like Cam Talbot the last couple years
dude plays at the University of Alabama Huntsville, then just becomes a great goalie somehow?
you can find these guys anywhere

well worth anyone's 3-4 minutes
(in fairness, at the time i also thought GB was going to be a gooder, but in hindsight looooooool)

bonus lololol Pierre!
"right off the reservation", huh? *facepalm*

"montreal's taking 'the goalie'"

ITS MISTER PRICE TO YOU

"this is not a fit for montreal"

har har har

I don't mind low scoring games as long as they're entertaining. I like a fast paced game so I think enforcing obstruction would help and I'm base with everyone with reducing goalie pads and blocker and glove.

Exactly. Pace of play is far more important. Blues Hawks 6-5 game the other day was terrible hockey, and I don't want to watch games like that. Give me 2-1, playoff style, every possession matters type hockey.

it might be too dramatic. obviously has to get tested in junior/minors. otoh, it's not like players really change if the puck comes out for offside but not as far as center ice. you are still stuck, but offense doesn't have to regroup/tag up.

but i mean that's the point, greater chance of getting stuck in your own zone, make it easier to score, which should adjust how often you try to change. it's all in the game yo

oh man, this whole thing is super amazing actually

- wants Jack Johnson or Gilbert Brule in the draft, not Pouliot, not "the goalie", not Kopitar who they mentioned but obv had ranked below GB, not M.Staal
- gets offers to trade up and down, but stays put
- buys out Andrew Cassels so he can sign Jason Allison, strikes out on Allison and signs Berard & Prusek (combined 64 games with CBJ)
- after striking out on S.Niedermayer, gives Adam Foote his final payday
- wants Pronger, but not at the expense of ALEX PICARD (2 career points) ... Pronger played in the next 2 SCFs

Doug Maclean has a job for life talkin' hockey

not as ridiculous as Milbury being like the main "analyst" on NBC. i guess there's just something about those failed GMs.

st. patrick probably gonna end up on RDS once the Avs get tired of being the Leafs of the west

looked up some $tats and it looks like the BIG BAD BOSTON BRUINS are 2nd in the NHL in 5on5 fenclose % at 55.2%

and bruins fans wanted to get rid of claude julien smh

loudmouth idiots play well on tv i guess

haha, yeah definitely

As long as St. Patrice is on the team, they could replace everyone else with Greg Campbell and let MIKE coach and they'd be above water in fenwick