smokes Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 If players who are scratched are younger players wouldn't they be better served near the bench where they can be part of a supporting role? Technically speaking, you can say that most of the time the bcakup is a healthy scratch most of the time. Also, if a starting goaltender gets injured, the back up goalie can replace him at any time. Seeing that every team in the league has a guy sitting in the pressbox every night so this provides a fair playing field. How about allowing scratched players to sub in for a player who gets injured on ice. Why is it the a team who LOSES a player due to injury must further be on a disadvantage by having less players fill in to a full game. Technically speaking as soon as a guy is injured and is not medically allowed to complete the team with the injured player no longer has a full roster. What is the harm in dressing a scratched player in that circumstance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocksterh8 Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Must be a slow day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bookie Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Insurance, probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Was that an attempt at poetry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuktravella Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 please lock this crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanuck Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 You obviously don't remember the 70's where players would hang around the benches waiting for the brawls to break out and then attack from behind:). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammertime Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 27 minutes ago, canuktravella said: please lock this crap Why it's not an outlandish question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 The format of this thread hurt my eyes, TLDR. 0/10, would not click again. shame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Where's Wellwood Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 I'd also like an answer. I think this is a legitimate question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 3 hours ago, smokes said: If players who are scratched are younger players wouldn't they be better served near the bench where they can be part of a supporting role? Technically speaking, you can say that most of the time the bcakup is a healthy scratch most of the time. Also, if a starting goaltender gets injured, the back up goalie can replace him at any time. Seeing that every team in the league has a guy sitting in the pressbox every night so this provides a fair playing field. How about allowing scratched players to sub in for a player who gets injured on ice. Why is it the a team who LOSES a player due to injury must further be on a disadvantage by having less players fill in to a full game. Technically speaking as soon as a guy is injured and is not medically allowed to complete the team with the injured player no longer has a full roster. What is the harm in dressing a scratched player in that circumstance? Are you high or just really tired? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aladeen Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 The NHL rule is that only 20 Players (2 of which MUST be goalies - or in other words a Max of 18 Skaters) are allowed to dress for any game. That is an NHL rule. I am not sure of the actual rationale behind it as rosters limits are 23, meaning the NHL seems to want a couple of players from each team have to sit out. If the NHL allowed more than this I am sure most teams would have another skater dressed for the game. Edit: Also I should add that if a player is injured in a game, that team still does have a full roster, until such point that the team places them on the Injured Reserve list and their roster spot can be replaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bookie Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Aside from my previous suggestion of insurance (which could, probably, easily be changed) there's also the simple logistics of bench sizes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 General Hockey Questions <-- this is a good thread to know about (pinned to the top of Around The NHL) if you have an odd hockey-related question. And OP, you don't have to hit enter for line breaks. The page will automatically move things around rather than have it all on one line scrolling to the right. Other than that, there's a reason they have a game day roster of 20 players who can dress for games. Even if both your goalies get injured, you have to substitute a player from that 20 to go in net. It's just how it is and they've done that with some forethought rather than just being a random decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFirstLine Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 7 hours ago, canuktravella said: please lock this crap Wow you actually can post a few words without any real vocabulary mistakes. Except for the capital P and a period of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linden17 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 wow canucks.coms best showed up for this one. he asked a legit question. the first wave of comments had nothing but sarcasm. now you either didnt know the answer so you all felt stupid so you responded like a stupid person without any contribution or you are just a bunch of insecure pieces of $&!# trying to act tough. im going with my second guess. If you were face to face with the op in person, you all would have given him an answer. None of you would of said what you wrote.....so stop being the internet tough guys who's only real girlfriends are forever on a pornsite, and show a little respect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFirstLine Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 1 hour ago, linden17 said: wow canucks.coms best showed up for this one. he asked a legit question. the first wave of comments had nothing but sarcasm. now you either didnt know the answer so you all felt stupid so you responded like a stupid person without any contribution or you are just a bunch of insecure pieces of $&!# trying to act tough. im going with my second guess. If you were face to face with the op in person, you all would have given him an answer. None of you would of said what you wrote.....so stop being the internet tough guys who's only real girlfriends are forever on a pornsite, and show a little respect. Buncha smartasses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 1) The 20 Player rule. 2) The Bench itself. The bench is crowded as it is. What good is it to have them not in the press box but on the bench? They would just get in of the trainers way. Not a good situation if a player has a serious injury. Besides in the press box they get a different vantage point than from ice level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice orca Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 18 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said: 1) The 20 Player rule. 2) The Bench itself. The bench is crowded as it is. What good is it to have them not in the press box but on the bench? They would just get in of the trainers way. Not a good situation if a player has a serious injury. Besides in the press box they get a different vantage point than from ice level. This...they are crammed in there like sardines now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokes Posted December 8, 2015 Author Share Posted December 8, 2015 I don't know if it is the size of the benches then I would still try to get these guys as involved as possible. Sitting in a pressbox doesn't help you learn anything. At least it allows everyone to be part of the team in a game. The NHL is changing the rules as they come along anyways so why would they allow a scratched player to replace an injured player. The NHL is looking at protecting the players more so wouldn't players have a better chance of not getting injured if they did not need to double shift to replace an injured player? Emergency substitute? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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