ERRORCode2002
dark_faerie87
Hello hockey thread! Aside from taking away the red line and adding shootouts, I have no qualms whatsoever about the proposed rule changes. I can't wait to see the end of the trap and smaller goalie equipment sizes. As it is right now, the padding is absurd. The players barely have anything to shoot at and all the goalies have to do is just stand there. By making them smaller, offense will be greatly increased, which should spark a revival in hockey interest, especially down in the United States. Anyways, I hope the agreements end up soon and we can have hockey this October. My final words: Go Habs Go!
Man, I guess Jasper was right about Hab fans being idiots.
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First of all, the two ideas that you like aren't bad ideas. The two-line pass rule is stupid as-is, and no one likes a tie game. Second of all, the goalies you see in the NHL are acrobats. If a goalie "just stood there," then they'd find that the shooters can find places to score easily enough.
And I think that if the game uses the right rule changes
and is marketed well, then hockey can get back to being as popular as it was in the 80s and early 90s. And at this point, Bettman can't count on ESPN to market the NHL for him, ESPN is anti-NHL at this point in time and that won't change unless the NHL gets good ratings on NBC.
Told you so.
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As for the goalie equipment and nets, etc. They are fine. Leave the damn goalies alone and get rid of the freaking red line. Without the red line you would see tons of break aways which equals more goals. You would no longer be able to use the trap which equals more goals.
The goalies are fine and I do believe in the goalie jersey. Curtis Joseph ruined that for everyone. He wore a jersey that was about 6 sizes too big and when it hit him it would just drop. The jersey is believe in. As for the equipment, it is already too small in some cases and the nets are fine.
For some reason the NHL is too dumb to realise that the problems have not occured for over 100 years. Hockey has thrived fine up until the year 2000. At that point they brought in a ton of quick icing rules, 7 second puck drop, and the infamous red line. The nets have been the same for over 100 years. For some reason it is only a problem now. Two words, RED LINE. Breakaways and trap gone. Those words are enough to make a coach smile. Any coach who could play a team with tons of break aways for their team and no trap would jump on it without even a thought.
For some strange reason I am the only one who seems to be looking at the ice instead of pointing at the goalies. They have just run out of people to blame so it has to be the goalies fault. Everything else gets blamed on them. A team loses 7-6 and the goalie gets picked on for letting in so many goals. Why not look at the forwards and blame them for not scoring. Hense why sports are supposed to be fun. Sports are supposed to be fun without any critism what so ever. If everyone could just see that sporting events would be much better. None of this "ship him out he sucks" crap. People join sports for fun and a thrill. Not so they can be critisized and picked on.
The only reason why they are getting so dumb about this goalie stuff is because everyone wants to see a hero. Everyone wants another Gretzky to pop up, everyone wants to see another Tretiuk. Everyone wants to see more Messiers, more Bourques, more anything. Everyone wants to see another 2000+ point getter. Everyone wants more shut out kings and great save clinics. Hense why they keep picking on one person. Soon enough people will give up on goalies and start putting rules on how sharp a players skate can be and how long a stick can be. The next stage of rules is just coming, so don't think its over yet because its a long way from that.