sundstrom
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free0717 said:Bottom line
Bettman is not qualified to be commisioner. The reason the common league revenues decreased were "ALL" his fault. Jaques Lemaire ruined the sport in 94 by introducing this Sport killing system called "The Trap". And all the years since 94 Bettman has done nothing to increase flow and goal scoring. Now he starts talking about new rules. What the hell were you doing for the last 11 years Gary.
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I'm new to this forum, but it didn't take long to find a Devils/Trap killed Hockey guy here too. Montreal played the trap in it's hayday, it was just called "good defense" then. Since the Devils have been playing the trap, they've been on the upper end in scoring most years. The Wings, a very high scoring team and ESPN lovechild plays the Left-Wing lock, a derivative of the trap.
It is not the trap, or a defensive system that has halted scoring. It is the clutching and grabbing by lesser players who can get away with it because obstruction hasn't been called for 5 years.