Monty Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Technically, the Oilers vs Ducks game yesterday is now "in the past" while the Pens vs Caps was "games of today". Both were watchable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down by the River Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 On 5/4/2017 at 1:59 PM, NUCKER67 said: Before: Players played for pride and glory Now: Players play for money Yeah, Sidney Crosby came back four days after a concussion for all the money that he makes in the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad_Duck Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 1 Ref, 2 linesmen on ice, and 1 overhead off ice spotter mic'ed to the on-ice guy. Whether he can call penalties the Ref missed or not is up in the air, but he could advise on shenanigans. Go to Finnish sized rinks. More open ice should lead to less clogging lanes up, and would lead to more emphasis on "skill elements" like passing, shooting, and skating. (Not that roughing, and interfering, without looking like you're interfering with a guy of course, aren't skills too, they're just less 'hockey' than the others I've listed.) I think Olympic sized ice is a little too wide open, and the owners would have utter conniptions over the revenue lost to quite a few less seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katobaron Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 More home and home divisional games in the regular season. Divisional games are so important for playoff seeding and playing back to back nights against the same team will do wonders for NHL rivalries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIBdaQUIB Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 On 2017-05-04 at 1:10 PM, PhillipBlunt said: What would I do to make hockey more exciting? Free beer. ...for the players before the game, on the bench and between periods. It would loosen things up a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIBdaQUIB Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 It's systems and coaching mainly followed by the NHL's unwillingness to properly enforce the rules. How many times after a stretch of wide open, chance- exchanging hockey, have you heard the announcers comment on how the fans love it but the coaches won't be happy. The systems are killing the speed and creativity the players possess. Teams in today's NHL have much deeper talent pools both offensively and defensively but the great equalizer is how the rules have been bent to allow abuse of offensive players. The new NHL accepts that the stars will be targeted for abuse and appears content with allowing the slashing and hacking and headshots that often lead to the league's best players being removed from the game or playing hurt. The off-side challenges have sucked the momentum out of too many games and are being abused. "did the blade of the skate lift off the line a millisecond before the puck crossed the line"...come on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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