the harry Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Will the red line offside have a comeback to slow down the game a bit for player safety? http://www.tsn.ca/radio/ottawa-1200/ludzik-red-line-needs-to-be-back-in-nhl-for-player-safety-1.528519 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsMillerTime Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 7 minutes ago, ItsMillerTime said: No. /thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 I get the point but this will bring back the old Minnesota Wilds and New Jersey Devils style of hockey. And I think concussion is a problem with or without the red line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB5 Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Typical NHL old school thinking. Tweak the rules here and there but never consistently deal with or send a message to those, no matter how much they get paid, choose to try to detach someone's head from their body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd. Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 no.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Jeez want to make the players safety a serious issue? Throw out all of this new gear, go back to the same baked leather they were using through the 80's and early 90s on the elbows and shoulders and bring back the same kind of rules for enforcers and instigation as they had in the 80's The moment players can start hurting themselves throwing illegal hits or have guys like John Scott viable again for throwing dirty hits. The moment the onus is back ont eh players is the moment that safety becomes important again. When you essentially have 200 pound guys hitting others at 40 MPH in what equate to full plate armour it's an issue. take away the armour and the ability to head hunt and the issue will sort itself out. Stop tinkering when it was already perfect once upon a time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerrDrFunk Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBackup Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Seems completely counter-intuitive to the NHL's attempts to increase goal scoring as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johngould21 Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 29 minutes ago, khay said: I get the point but this will bring back the old Minnesota Wilds and New Jersey Devils style of hockey. And I think concussion is a problem with or without the red line. I'm leaning to the more without the red line sector. You get a forward going 40kph, nailing a dman into the glass, not a whole lot of good is going to happen. Sure it opens the game by not having that red line, but these guys are now very highly skilled and quick, that it shouldn't make any difference to the speed and contact in the game. Hell, the NJD still play Lamarillo hockey, nothing has changed there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 11-years ago the NHL considered blue ice with orange lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsMillerTime Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 5 minutes ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: 11-years ago the NHL considered blue ice with orange lines. Looks like NHL 94 mode or Rollerhockey rink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chon derry Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 the only good idea bettman and his cronies can have at this point ,is to stop thinking about good ideas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InTheCrease Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 13 minutes ago, Bitter Melon said: Seems completely counter-intuitive to the NHL's attempts to increase goal scoring as well. It basically paves the way to reduce goalie equipment sizes and add bigger nets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naslund.is.king Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Distraction bandaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 1 hour ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: 11-years ago the NHL considered blue ice with orange lines. It was a plot started up by the Oilers and the Islanders... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Money Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 I say go in the other direction: remove offside altogether. No more wasted time/energy exiting and re-entering the zone. "Setting up" on the PP infinitely easier, and a small tap of the puck a few feet won't make everyone have to start over. More breakaways, and more open ice when defenders have to cover more stretch-passes... We're far more likely to see that then 2-line pass restrictions ever again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Building Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 2 hours ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: 11-years ago the NHL considered blue ice with orange lines. And look how many fans that drew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 I have never agreed with this agrument. Keep that rule as is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckledraggin Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 I remember the '95 Devils that employed the trap and slowed the game down to a snail's pace. They had to take the red line out to try to change the way the game was played. Now the size and structure of the game is even greater, so putting that redline back in the game would make the game impossibly slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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