I don't like the radical rule changes

I understand Ek's points and don't disagree with him.

However, I agree with others that there are too many whistles that slow the game. Icing during a power play by the team short handed is essentially an intentional delay of game and instead should be another minor penalty.

That would keep the game moving.

PS. I agree that there are far better rules to change including the delay of game over the glass penalty especially if it is unintentional.

How about no diving to block shots. Need at least one skate on the ice. Will cut down on players getting hurt also add some more scoring without really changing the game at all

It’s a rarity that I agree with Ek but I do here. Stop changing rules. More face offs boring, dead tired penalty killers not good

I think it's a great idea. why should the penalized team have ANY advantage? you'll see a lot more power play goals as defenders get tired and cannot just ice the puck and get new guys out there. teams will be able to feast on exhausted PK players.

I agree...but think there could be other ways to tinker with this that might make sense if the goal is to increase scoring.

Let the PP team score up to two goals on a single Powerplay...after 1 minute has passed they can then score only 1 goal. Then...force the penalized player to serve the entire two minute penalty regardless of the goals. The player would have to come out at the next whistle if the scoring opportunities of the PP were used up and the penalized team had returned to full strength.

This is the change that should happen - allow the team to take the 2-min Power Play or take a penalty shot. Now, the penalty shot can only be taken by the player who drew the penalty, and it can only be an option when teams are 5-on-5. What say you?

What bs arguments against rule change. Why should team who broke rule and are penalized allowed to now break icing rule.pp team cant ice puck. Also it was originally allowed until powerhouse habs teams of 1950s i believe could have era wrong scored multiple times on pp and were too dominant. Now we are crying for goals and this rule change back to original rule is much needed.also make them serve full 2 min regardless of them scoring which was also stopped bc of habs dominance

Absolutely agree with Eklunds points. A side note, Let's hope Trumps lawyers can prove the voter fraud that clearly took place in Pennsylvania and unconstitutionality of the judicial non legislative 11th hour procedure changes to state voting and Trump be proven the true victor with the highest popular vote total in US history. Along with all the other vote suppression redistibution/non observers / voting machine miscalculation algorithm fraud that took place aswell in the other battleground states that accept late mail in un verified harvested ballots. Obviously a concerted effort to disenfranchise the American people taking place and the entrenched bureaucracy and establishment media are complicit. If you expose the corrupt system to much, the system turns on you. The Conservative US Supreme court is the only hope to save the US and subsequently the world from a total world reset and UN corporate takeover through deliberate economic collapse based on the manufactured false pretext of Covid 19 and mandatory RFID chip vaccinations that are certain to follow. Cheers.

A better rule change would be a full two minute PP, score at will - the PP ends on a SH goal or after 2 minutes

Is the Buzztron intelligent enough to suggest a rule change? Like maybe there is some algorithm built into it that has calculated too many offsides or too many blocked shots? I dunno. Just spitballing here.

Here’s why it’s a bad idea:

If you implemented this change, PP scoring would go way up, making referees more reluctant to call penalties.

Blammo, we are back to “garage league hockey.”

I'm not for or against the rule change but Ek's reasons are not logical in any sense of the word.

Absolutely agree with Eklunds points. A side note, Let's hope Trumps lawyers can prove the voter fraud that clearly took place in Pennsylvania and unconstitutionality of the judicial non legislative 11th hour procedure changes to state voting and Trump be proven the true victor with the highest popular vote total in US history. Along with all the other vote suppression redistibution/non observers / voting machine miscalculation algorithm fraud that took place aswell in the other battleground states that accept late mail in un verified harvested ballots. Obviously a concerted effort to disenfranchise the American people taking place and the entrenched bureaucracy and establishment media are complicit. If you expose the corrupt system to much, the system turns on you. The Conservative US Supreme court is the only hope to save the US and subsequently the world from a total world reset and UN corporate takeover through deliberate economic collapse based on the manufactured false pretext of Covid 19 and mandatory RFID chip vaccinations that are certain to follow. Cheers.
- Puck Possession

Fake news

I have said for years, eliminate the free icing. Scoring WILL go up.

I agree. Some things don't need to be changed. There are other things that need fixing before dealing with something like this.

Absolutely agree with Eklunds points. A side note, Let's hope Trumps lawyers can prove the voter fraud that clearly took place in Pennsylvania and unconstitutionality of the judicial non legislative 11th hour procedure changes to state voting and Trump be proven the true victor with the highest popular vote total in US history. Along with all the other vote suppression redistibution/non observers / voting machine miscalculation algorithm fraud that took place aswell in the other battleground states that accept late mail in un verified harvested ballots. Obviously a concerted effort to disenfranchise the American people taking place and the entrenched bureaucracy and establishment media are complicit. If you expose the corrupt system to much, the system turns on you. The Conservative US Supreme court is the only hope to save the US and subsequently the world from a total world reset and UN corporate takeover through deliberate economic collapse based on the manufactured false pretext of Covid 19 and mandatory RFID chip vaccinations that are certain to follow. Cheers.
- Puck Possession

Not a political board. Push your political expressions elsewhere. This is a board for people of multiple countries, on multiple continents, with many varying beliefs. If you care to talk politics take it to a board meant for those. Not Hockey.

I think Allen's idea is great.

Look players will adapt. Coaches will adapt.

Teams will get better at firing pucks down ice on net which will increase those odd bounce moments when holy cow it went in.

Changes will still occur. The offensive team will still want to make changes.

Might force more time outs. Could also be a thing where a power play is lowered to a minute. Maybe this allows for different penalties to have different time lengths.

Adapt or be crushed.

I think it's a great idea. why should the penalized team have ANY advantage? you'll see a lot more power play goals as defenders get tired and cannot just ice the puck and get new guys out there. teams will be able to feast on exhausted PK players.
- gskalt

Disagree, don't want to have parts of the game (power plays) that are controlled entirely by the officials (calling penalties) become an even bigger influence on the outcome of the game. Take away allowing icings during the PK and the PP % will skyrocket making the officials an even bigger part of the game.

There's already too many whistles and challenge delays. Adding more whistles is going to make games worse to watch.

Also, ditch the puck-over-glass penalty. It sucks.
- eichiefs9

roof. problem solved.

I would prefer if a minor penalty lasted a full two minutes, regardless of whether the team with the man advantage scored, similar to how the five minute major functions. Scoring would increase and players would be less inclined to take penalties that disrupt the flow of the game. Just my two cents...

I believe any penalty involving the striking of the head should last the full 2 or 4 mins on the PP. Cross checking, high stick, roughing etc. you serve the full time. NHL wants to discourage head shots --- this would be a good start...
- TommyGTrain

I think that would be a great idea!

Get rid of the shootout.

Fake news
- JayArr

Fake news + meth use = delusions like that rambling mess. LOL.

Get rid of the shootout

Allow Referees to use discretion when calling delay of game penalties. If it's felt it was intentional call a penalty. Unintentional only results in a faceoff in your end with no line change - just like icing

I don't want to see the icing the puck on the PK rule change. If the team on the PK works hard enough to gain possession of the puck they should be able to ice it without penalty