Paul Stewart: There's Always Room for Jello

Nothing wrong with the puck over the glass rule

It rarely happens anymore, It used to happen all the time. Poise under pressure, they can always take the "safe" dump up the middle

I have no confidence in officials if they make the rule "intent" based that they will actually call it when the chips are down even though it would be obvious to anyone watching that the over the glass was in fact, intentional

Paul,

With respect to the too-many-men rule, you have said (I think) that you would like a box of some sort around each bench as a sort of change zone where, once the player leaving the ice enters the box, the player on the bench can come onto the ice.

My question here is, how far does this stretch? If the player has his skate a half inch from the box, should he be penalized? How about half a foot? Essentially, you'll still have a gray area where officials will have to be lenient, to a degree, to determine if a player is in the box or "close enough." Granted, a clearly define line will help to minimize the amount of leniency, but why not just make that line the boards in front of the bench?

Paul,

With respect to the too-many-men rule, you have said (I think) that you would like a box of some sort around each bench as a sort of change zone where, once the player leaving the ice enters the box, the player on the bench can come onto the ice.

My question here is, how far does this stretch? If the player has his skate a half inch from the box, should he be penalized? How about half a foot? Essentially, you'll still have a gray area where officials will have to be lenient, to a degree, to determine if a player is in the box or "close enough." Granted, a clearly define line will help to minimize the amount of leniency, but why not just make that line the boards in front of the bench?
- jmatchett383

Should be black-and-white like offside. In the box - safe. outside the box = penalty.