Should penalties be 1 minute?

[Channelcat]

Seems like we've moved into an era where special teams largely decide games. I'm thinking the trend will continue as players become better and more efficient with the pp. Is this a game we want?

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[RefalancheStillLose]

Seems like we've moved into an era where special teams largely decide games. I'm thinking the trend will continue as players become better and more efficient with the pp. Is this a game we want?

They wanted more scoring and have made rule changes to promote more scoring, weaker penalties and more penalties are part of the MO, they don't want to reduce the time, because they would see a drop in scoring, and in the NHLs mind more scoring = More fans = more money.

 

[Barry Amsterdam]

Seems like we've moved into an era where special teams largely decide games. I'm thinking the trend will continue as players become better and more efficient with the pp. Is this a game we want?

don’t commit penalties if you don’t want to be down a guy.

 

[Channelcat]

They wanted more scoring and have made rule changes to promote more scoring, weaker penalties and more penalties are part of the MO, they don't want to reduce the time, because they would see a drop in scoring, and in the NHLs mind more scoring = More fans = more money.

It's also more potential spots for tv timeouts.....so again, more money.

don’t commit penalties if you don’t want to be down a guy.

That's easier said than done.

 

[CTHabsfan]

No- keep it two minutes, don't allow shorthanded teams to ice the puck, and get rid of the extra two minutes if a high stick draws blood.

 

[holy]

I'd like it to be 45 seconds and 13 of those seconds get to be 5 on 3. Would create a rush watching that extra PK'er rush over the boards or possibly get sprung for a breakaway.

 

[Silky Johnson]

You want to see shitty dead puck era clutch and grab hockey? Reduce the cost of penalties by 50%

This is a terrible solution for a problem that does not exist.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

I always thought they should be 1 min and 13 seconds

 

[BayStBullies]

Seems like we've moved into an era where special teams largely decide games. I'm thinking the trend will continue as players become better and more efficient with the pp. Is this a game we want?

I think officiating needs a house cleaning

 

[ijuka]

This isn't the issue. The issue is that PK isn't something that teams really concentrate on. It's considered to be of secondary importance, and they mainly dump some third-tier players onto PK and call it a day.

 

[NYRfan85]

No way. Cutting the penalty time in half would just make players take more penalties. It would basically be like "oh, it's just a minute, totally worth slashing that guy's leg!".

Don't take the penalty if you don't want to be down for two minutes.

 

[TrufleShufle]

This isn't the issue. The issue is that PK isn't something that teams really concentrate on. It's considered to be of secondary importance, and they mainly dump some third-tier players onto PK and call it a day.

That is not true for a number of reasons.

 

[Roomtemperature]

Nah 1 minute is too short. You get a clear that is basically a third of the powerplay over. I do think penalties that eliminate scoring opportunities especially late in the game should have the option of a penalty shot or played to the conclusion of the power play if the trailing team could score to tie.

 

[SomeDude]

I think teams should be given a choice between a PP and a penalty shot…or just declining altogether.

Signed,
a fan of the team with the 30th best PP.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Seems like we've moved into an era where special teams largely decide games. I'm thinking the trend will continue as players become better and more efficient with the pp. Is this a game we want?

Fantastic avatar, unfuntastic idea.

Though it would make sense for certain penalties. Delay of game is stupid anyways, so if that were only a minute it’d be an improvement. Teams should just get better at PKing, though, to the original issue.

 

[GAGLine]

That's easier said than done.

That's good, because it shouldn't be easy. If your PK sucks, you have the option of taking less penalties and/or getting better on the PK.

There are plenty of bad PPs out there and plenty of good PKs. There's no need to change anything.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

Teams should get the option of:

(1) a seven-minute power play or
(2) having the penalized team's PK1 unit consume 24 Chicago-style hot dogs before having to immediately penalty kill a two-minute penalty, or
(3) a spin of the Mystery Wheel(tm), or
(4) a premium-level arena grab bag package.

 

[Realgud]

For the sake of parity, your current position in the league standings should determine how long of a powerplay you get. The 1st place team gets that 1 min powerplay that we all desperately want while the 32nd team gets a 32 min powerplay. It's only fair.

 

[GeeoffBrown]

what if instead you get a 45 second power play but the goalie has to put his blocker on his glove hand and his glove on his blocker hand

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

No it wasn't long ago that 20% was a top pp in the league. It'll swing back the other way soon enough.

 

[tny760]

what if instead you get a 45 second power play but the goalie has to put his blocker on his glove hand and his glove on his blocker hand

introduce a whole new market for switch-catching keepers like in baseball, too

 

[AnomX]

what if the penalized teams had to play with weighted vests for 2 minutes?

 

[zappa4ever]

For some infractions where an inadvertent play results in the call, I think a 1 minute penalty would be good for the game

Unfortunately it's sooooo subjective that I'm not sure how refs would be able to do it

there's so many calls like a stick getting dropped/slashed out of their hands, a stick in the hands that barely does anything, even some high sticks that are miniscule and didn't disrupt the play at all that I'd welcome a way to do it

edit: I guess I was supposed to be snarky and "clever" with my response
mea culpa

 

[robertocarlos]

I always thought they should be 1 min and 13 seconds

That is the correct amount of time for your PP1 to not get tired. The second PP unit is useless so why bother having them out there.

There's so little NHL talent out there they might as well go with 15 man rosters.

 

[KeydGV21]

don’t commit penalties if you don’t want to be down a guy.

It wasn’t that long ago a ref was caught on a hot mic all but admitting to game management…so, your argument doesn’t with with this league