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Chayos

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I am not a real fan of taking away anybodies team, so I would go with a market deciding the teams fate if the fans support it tehn fine if not it can go. Look at a team like Columbus who would be considered a non traditional hockey market, yet it is heavily supported.

The singles best way to improve the game is Have a hard cap of $42.5 as the owners suggest, but with a $ 30 mi floor payroll and significant revenue sharing that the players suggested. The cap would be linked to revenues based on 2003/04 but linked both ways, so if the league grows beyone the $2.1 billion of that year then the cap rises and if it shrinks then the cap drops. Hire 3 independant auditers to asses teh revenues and any team caught cheating will sacrifice 5 1st round picks. Offer a $1 million dollar anonymous tip bonus at all three auditor firms and then let the greedy owners try and break that system.

The only way to make it viable would be to take 50% of all revenue from each team and put it in a pool then split it 30 ways. Teams would have to have minimum season tickets and luxery boxes ect or they only get 25%. For the big teams they would save money on payroll costs as they would be icing a team for much less but would be throwing more money into the pot. The money saved on payroll costs would be offset by the revenue sharing so would still leave tehm with healthy profits. The Small teams would be getting an influx of $10-20 million dollars and then they can afford the floor and more. The growth in the nhl would come in the form of more seats sold among the teams making sure to get their full percentage of the revenue pool. The competiveness of this league would grow the game.

Rule changes:

Remove the Redline to break the trap

No touch icing to eliminate injuries, but no line change if you ice the puck.

Shoot out. the fans deserve a winner

3 points for a regulation win 2 points for overtime and shootout winners 1 pt tie or ot loser

No instigator rule. This is a man's game and if the US public can watch boxing why not an hockey fight or 3.

The winner of the allstar game gets home ice in the playoffs to make that game have meaning.

Ban carbonite sticks and let the goalies go back in equipment sizes.

The playoff format as it stands now is greeat and can you imagine the dog fight for playoff spots under this system where no team will be running away with it 3 months early.

NHL commisioner Brian Burke
NHLPA leader Mike gartner
 

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* Rule changes
- remove ref from ice and place two refs in stands. no holding or hooking - linesmen do the pointing :)
- smaller goalie pads.
- no touch icing
- remove instigator rule
- 5 minutes for slashing
- change the trading deadline to be earier. (early feb)


* CBA stuff (luxury tax, hard cap, UFA age, etc...)
- 35 million cap (linked up after if salary is under 55%)
- free agency at 24
- abriation removed
- revenue sharing from games 60-40
- max average ticket price to be 0.1% of average income (USA has 34,064.95 so the average ticket will be about $34)

* Contraction (if any)
- none

* Teams (Conferences/division)
- same

* Number of games
- same

* Playoff layout
- same

* Commissioner & Head of NHLPA
- same
 

Bon Esprit

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1. CBA ---> see http://www.hfboards.com/showthread.php?t=130884

2.CONTRACTION/DIVISIONS

---> see http://www.hfboards.com/showthread.php?t=130917&page=5

EASTERN CONFERENCE
NORTHEAST $438m revenues
Boston $95m
Toronto $117m
Ottawa $70m
Montreal $90m
Columbus $66m

ATLANTIC $437m
Tampa Bay $88m
Philadelphia $106m
New Jersey $61m
NY Islanders $64m
NY Rangers $118m

WESTERN CONFERENCE
CENTRAL $408m
Detroit $97m
Dallas $103m
St.Louis $66m
Minnesota $71m
Chicago $71m

PACIFIC $397m
San Jose $74m
Vancouver $74m
Colorado $99m
Calgary $70m
Los Angeles $80m

3. GAME CHANGES
Remove red line.
4-on-4 play with offsetting minors.
Reduced goalie equipment size.
Limited goalie play outside of crease.
No-touch icing (speeds flow of game, prevents injury)
Remove instigation penalty.
Serve full penalties.
Allow hand-pass in offensive zone.
Five-minute OT + shootout (if necessary)
(General goal is to create more flow and offense)

4. GAMES/SCHEDULE
More regional focus during regular season.
Home-and-Home intra-divisional games on Saturdays and Sundays only.
Home-and-Home intra-conference games on Saturdays and Sundays only.
(every fifth weekend and in final month of season)
Inter-conference play on Wednesdays only.
i.e. Predictable game times = more concentrated TV viewership.

5.SEASON
72-game regular season
Season: Oct 15-Apr 2 (26 weeks)
Same Division: 8 games (4 SAT/SUN home-and-home) per team x 4 teams = 32 games
Same Conference: 4 games (2 SAT/SUN home-and-home) per team x 5 teams = 20 games
Inter-Conference: 2 games (2 WED) per team x 10 teams = 20 games

16-team playoff
top 8 per division. Begins Apr 8.
Round 1: 1vs8, 2vs7, 3vs6, 4vs5 x 2 conferences; best-of-five
Round 2: 1vs4, 2vs3 (of remaining) x 2 conferences; best-of-five
Round 3: conference championship; best-of-seven
Round 4: Stanley Cup champsionship; best-of-seven
SAT/SUN/WED schedule throughout playoffs


A 20 team-league with 3 teams in the New York area? That`s 15% :amazed:
 

Jason MacIsaac

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A 20 team-league with 3 teams in the New York area? That`s 15% :amazed:
Which team are you going to take away. NYR are one of the original 6 teams, NJ just started their new arena and have 3 cups in the last 10 years, Islanders were one of the last dynasties and are fixing up their arena.
 

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Rules would be the same accept for some minor changes.The changes would include removal of the fighting instagater, no touch icing, tag up off side, no two line pass. The season Length would be 74 games. The scheduel would be broken down as follows. Each team in the conference would play each other 6 times and
four times eachagainst the opposing comference teams. The playoffs would be a best of seven three round playoff with the top two teams from each division making the playoffs. The championchip game would always feature the Canadian Comference VS American Conference giving a constant rivalary between Canada and USA, as would the mid season All Star game as well.

As for the Bussiness side, their would be no Hard cap for a team's over all salary. I would have a max salary of 8 Million dollars, with each team only being allowed to have one player over 8 million but no more then 12 million, this would be that teams franchise player. I would then have a Luxury tax on any team who goes over a 40 Million dollar pay roll. The Luxury tax would be %200 of the amount over 40 Million dollars to be paid out evenly to any team under the 40 Million dollar thresh hold. UFA's would be for players 30+. I would have a clause for any free agent sighnings, that stated that in the first year on their new contract that
player would have to match the previous years stats. If the player fails to match his previous years stats, the owner could then choose to take that player to arbitration to lower the value of his contract. Players would only be allowed
to be taken to arbitration once in their carreer. On that same token a player would only be allowed to take a team to arbitration once in his carreer as well. One other thing I would add is Playoff revenue sharing. Each team that makes the Playoffs would have to give 15% of playoff revenues back to the teams that did not make the playoffs, with the money being diveded evenly amoung the teams.


Canadian Conference

North East
Toronto Maple Leafs
Ottawa Senators
Montreal Canadians
Quebec Nordiques

North West
Vancouver Canucks
Calgary Flames
Edmonton Oilers
Winnipeg Jets

American Conference

South East
New York Rangers
Philadelphia Flyers
Boston Bruins
Detroit Red Wings

South West
St. Louis Blues
Chicago Black Hawks
Colorado Avalanche
Minnesota North Stars
 

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Rule changes:
- No more stomping Tom Connors at games
- Cheerleaders
- 1.50$ for a beer...drinkable.
- Once a year put Glenn Healy in nets with no pads and any fan get a free shot at him...if you miss you get another...the Burke gets a shot.
- Instigator out, touch up, goalie stuff as well (pads, playability)
- Stick not aloud to touch opposing player (interference)
- All star game as per previous format: Stanley Cup champs against league bests with huge payoff for winner.

- CBA stuff (luxury tax, hard cap, UFA age, etc...)
FIgure it out so owners can make a profit and players get more money when league is healthy...linkage?

- Contraction (if any)
I would wait 3 years before anything

- Teams (Conferences/division)
Something logical with more intra division games, home-home series as mentionned above on week ends.

- Number of games
76 with more outdoor games (grass roots)

- Playoff layout
Same

- Commissioner & Head of NHLPA[/QUOTE]
Brian Burke and Glenn Healy
 

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Carl O'Steen said:
What would make up your ideal NHL?

- Rule changes
Move back the goal, bring back the touch up, remove red line

- CBA stuff (luxury tax, hard cap, UFA age, etc...)
Hard cap (not tied to rev) @ $45mil-no bottom end, tax $1-$1 between 40-45mil, UFA 30

- Contraction (if any)
Florida, Carolina, Atlanta, Ana

- Teams (Conferences/division)
East:
Detroit
Columbus
Ottawa
Toronto
Buffalo
Pittsburgh

Philadelphia
Boston
New Jersey
Montreal
NY Isle.
NY Rang.
Washington


West:
San Jose
Phoenix
Vancouver
Edmonton
Los Angeles
Colorado

Dallas
Calgary
St. Louis
Minnesota
Nashville
Chicago
Tampa Bay



- Number of games
80 is a good number
52 in-conferance, 28-other conferance

- Playoff layout Nothing wrong with this as it stands

- Commissioner & Head of NHLPA
Commish- Gretzky
NHLPA- Linden
 

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I posted my response to this on my blog (as it is quite long):

For those interested:

http://palmereldrich.blogspot.com/2005/02/my-ideal-nhl.html

If that looks like an owners wish-list, it may be. I've said a lot about this situation and how Anti-Trust law has created this untenable situation, one where, ultimately we have a shortage produced because of a bad law. In lieu of that law being repealed, a linked cap, stiff Luxury tax and back-end profit sharing is the only thing that makes any sense to me whatsoever.

Take a look and tell me what you think.

Ta,
 

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Rule changes
  • Pre-1990 rink layout
  • No instigator penalty
  • Return to one referee system
  • Overtime is played 5-on-5
  • Wash out icing based on which player crosses the goal line first, rather than which touches the puck first.

CBA stuff (luxury tax, hard cap, UFA age, etc...)
  • Salaries paid 50% in US dollars and 50% in Canadian dollars. (The rollback would be adjusted to compensate for this.)
  • Salary floor and ceiling at $23M and $51M.
  • UFA age reduced to 28.
  • All UFA contracts are taxed at a 20% rate. The tax is contributed to the "UFA Retention Pool".
  • The UFA Pool monies are divided amongst all UFAs based on the number of years with their current club and their salary.
  • Qualifying offers may be for any amount.
  • Any player who receives a qualifying offer below his current salary is eligible for arbitration.
  • Any team offering a qualifying offer below a player's current salary must use that qualifying offer as their arbitration offer.

Playoff layout
  • 16 team format
  • Series are played 2-2-2-1
  • First team to reach seven points in a series wins
  • Ties are allowed
  • If after six games both teams are tied, a seventh game is played. No ties are allowed and first team to score in overtime wins.
  • The playoffs must end by Memorial Day.

Commissioner & Head of NHLPA
  • Appoint me dictator of all things hockey.
 

no13matssundin

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Carl O'Steen said:
What would make up your ideal NHL?

State:

- Rule changes
-NO ticket over 60$ anywhere in NHL
-concessions cheap, tons of fan friendly stuff, players accessible to media & ticket holders
-20 man roster, 17 active
-Pre-1990 rink layout
-No instigator penalty
-Return to one referee system
-On the fly changes, no changes in stoppages
-no red line
-goalies pads no wider than 9 inches, no big puffy jerseys
-goalies restricted movement a-la AHL
- guarenteed base salaries for players based on past performance, then player would be paid per goal/assist/+-/PIM using some sorta calculation that would work :)
-ALL Penalties served full time regardless of goal scored.
-obstruction or variations of it punishable by 4 min major.
-biggest rule: Trap or variations of it would be ruled illegal by way of 'illegal defence' call punishable by 5 min major.

- CBA stuff (luxury tax, hard cap, UFA age, etc...)

-Hard 20 Million Dollar Cap & profit bonuses for all PA members
-Extensive Revenue sharing
-UFA @ 27

- Contraction (if any)
-8 Teams Contracted, others relocated = 22 Teams in NHL

- Teams (Conferences/division)
CANADIAN CONFERENCE EAST
Toronto Maple Leafs
Hamilton Tigers
Ottawa Senators
Montreal Canadiens
Quebec City Nordiques
Halifax Mariners

CANADIAN CONFERENCE WEST
Vancouver Canucks
Calgary Flames
Edmonton Oilers
Saskatchewan Kings
Winnipeg Jets

AMERICAN CONFERENCE WEST
Minnesota Eagles (from Wild)
Milwalkee Chiefs
Chicago Blackhawks
Detroit Red Wings
Colorado Avalanche

AMERICAN CONFERENCE EAST
Columbus Bluejackets
Philadelphia Flyers
Buffalo Sabres
New York Rangers
Boston Bruins
Hartford Whalers

- Number of games
72 Game Schedule, 4 games a week
2 Outdoor Games a year per team @ local football stadium/frozen lake with bleachers

- Playoff layout
16 teams in. 8 from American Conferences, 8 From Canadian Conference. 4 Div. winners get top 4 seeds. Stanley Cup played between American & Canadian Conference Champs.

- Commissioner & Head of NHLPA
Commish: Tom Wright, the current CFL commisioner (although, the CFL would NEVER let him go... ever)
PA boss: Mike Gartner
 
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- Rule changes

Wider surface.

Move back the goal.

Outside of the crease, if the goalie plays the puck, he becomes a regular skater, so he is allowed to get hit as if he was a skater.

Wider blue lines.

Touch-up off-side.

Give 3 points to winners in regulation, 2 points to overtime winners, 1 point to overtime losers.

- Rules changes i do NOT want:
No touch icing.
No shoot outs (less important)


- CBA stuff

NO hard cap, only soft cap at 40M with STRONG taxes-> sharing. Loopholes (not strong taxes on) for own drafted players.

Floor at something like 27M.

UFA at 30 years.

One month of stoppage for the Olympics.


- number of games

66 regular season games. (each team has to play in each city at least once.)

Reduce pre-season and enlarge season (time, not games)

base entry draft order on the NHL regular season standing at the trading deadline.


- other things

Higher shots to be able to appreciate games on TV (at most NHL facilities TV shots really SUCK).

Bring back Quebec and Winnipeg.

Referee with guts to call penalties in playoffs too, when truly deserved, even in decisive moments of games. For truly deserved I mean when they are not casual fouls but fouls committed in the clear attempt to prevent goals against or to block a player that clearly beated his opponent. I am thinking in particular about the third period of game 7 of the conference final between Ottawa and New Jersey. Or for example about the Stanley Cup Finals when St Louis was flattened by a defender in the offensive zone after a great move, in front of referee’s eyes, for the clearest and most evident penalty you can have without any call was made.
The way referees (don’t) whistle in the playoffs benefits too much the less skilled teams that play defensively.

Better selling of TV rights in Europe, where is impossible to watch most of the teams along a whole season.


- NHL/NHLPA leaders

I don’t know, but of course not the MORONS in charge at the moment.
 

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No red line
No-touch icing
Ditch instigator rule
Shrink goalie equipment
International ice surface

Eastern Conference
Northeast
Buffalo
Montreal
Ottawa
Toronto

Atlantic
Boston
New Jersey
Islanders
Rangers

Southeast
Columbus
Philadelphia
Nashville
Tampa Bay

Western Conference
Central
Chicago
Detroit
Minnesota
St. Louis

Northwest
Calgary
Edmonton
San Jose
Vancouver

Southwest
Colorado
Dallas
Los Angeles
Phoenix

Don't change the playoffs.
 

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My ideal set-up:

Rules changes:
-- Abolish the instigator
-- No-touch icing
-- Goalie is fair game if out of his crease to play the pick
-- All hits to the head are now 5 minute majors (even what used to be clean shoulders). Too many concussions, all hits to the head need to be gone. Once a player gets his 3rd, head penalty he receives a 2 game suspension, and every occurance thereafter adds two more games to the suspension
-- Goalie pad restictions, and not just the leg pads ... concentrate more on the side of the chest/arm pads, as well as the gloves.

Team movement/contraction

Anaheim is moved to Quebec City
Chicago Blackhawks are folded.
New Jersey Devils moved to Chicago
Carolina Hurricanes are folded

Wales Conference

Adams Division
Montreal
Quebec
Ottawa
Toronto
Buffalo
Boston
Pittsburgh

Patrick Division
Philadelphia
NY Rangers
NY Islanders
Washington
Florida
Tampa
Atlanta

Campbell Conference

Norris Division
Detroit
Chicago
St. Louis
Columbus
Minnesota
Nashville
Dallas

Smythe Division
Calgary
Edmonton
Vancouver
San Jose
Los Angeles
Phoenix
Colorado

Schedule
7 games vs. division = 42
3 games vs. conference - 21
1 game1 vs. other conference = 15

78 game season

Top four teams in each division make the playoffs.
Determine a division champ, then a conference champ, then Stanley Cup Champ.

2005 Entray Draft & Dispersal of Carolina Hurricanes and Chicago Blackhawks

-- Any player on the Hurricanes or Blackhawks with 10 years of NHL service or 30 years of age is declared an UFA, if any player declared a UFA does not receive a contract equal the buyout value of his old deal (2/3rds) the NHL will make-up the difference.

-- Any player whose rights are held by the Hurricanes or Blackhawks and is not declared a UFA, will go into the 2005 entray draft. When a player is selected the selecting team aquries the contract as well.

-- Draft order - complete random lottery, all 28 teams get one ping pong ball. For this draft and this draft only it will be a snake style draft (1-28, 28-1)

-- 2005 draft will be 12 rounds long

CBA
-- Entry level salaries - 3 years, $850K max .. Bonuses available for major award wins, 1st/2nd team all-stars, leading team in categories only
-- Arbitration - two way ... team or player can ask for arbitration at any time between end of ELS and becoming a UFA. Choice between owner or player number. Side that doesn't ask for arbitration can determine either a 1 or 2 year award.
-- Qualifying offers 100% below $1 million, 90% $1-3 million, 80% over $3 million
-- UFA age at 30 or 10 years of service, which ever comes first.
-- Minimum payroll $25 million, can't fall below more than twice in a 10 year period, and never by more than 10%
-- Luxury tax:
Below $35 million nothing
$36-41 million - $0.50
$41-46 million - $0.75
$46-51 million - $1.00
$51-55 million - $2.00
$55-60 million - $3.00
Hard cap at $60 million

50% of money collected from the luxury tax will be used as revenue sharing
-- Teams qualify for revenue sharing by meeting the following requirements:
-- Spend between $28-38 million on payroll
-- Average 15,000 tickets sold (not given away) a night
-- Not be in a top 10 TV market (that excludes: Flyers, Rangers, Islanders, Bruins, Leafs, Kings, Stars, Red Wings, Blackhawks/Devils, Habs, and Coyotes)

Remaining 50% of money collected from the luxury tax will be used to market the NHL on a national scale, primarily in the United States.

Gary Bettman is replaced by Lou Lamoriello.
Bob Goodenow is replaced by ??? (Saskin :dunno: )
 

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Rule Changes

No touch icing
Full penalty
1 minute penalties in OT
Shootout after 5 OT
2 points for regulation and overtime win, 1 point for shootout win, 0 points for any loss
Goalie equipment smaller
Move nets back
Blue lines bigger
Shields are mandatory
Touch up offsides
enforcing all of the rules
one referee system
20 man roster, 17 active

CBA

$45 hard cap, $40 start $1.00 tax, $25 dollar bottom

Contraction

None.
If team is in really big trouble (none are now) relocate them to Milwaukee, Portland, or Seattle

Conferences/division

Same

Number of Games

72

Playoff

Same

Commissioner & Head of NHLPA

Bettman & somebody else
 

Isles72

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Good topic

Just to add to the rule changes as most of them I like are already mentioned

*players allowed to score with their feet/skates (no need for video judge to review a kicked in goal or redirected goal with skate)

* ease up on the icing calls to ad more flow

*allow goals to stand if scored with a high stick

*reduce roster sizes back to 3 lines (should increase scoring as players will be tired)

*if a puck is knocked down with a high stick , dont blow the play dead , let the play go on , who cares !!! (this is a pet peeve of mine)

*players serve full 2 minutes , even if a PP goal is scored

Contraction

I'm a huge hockey fan but I dont think I know enough about this to justify an opinion on who should stay or go from the non traditional markets .

Number of games
I'd leave it at 82 and have ''conference only'' games .Also , start the season a bit earlier , lets say Sept 15 th so that the season is ended by the end of May
 

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My change would be to go back to the traditial way of handling playoffs.

Western conference plays one night, then the next will be Eastern conference games.

It was much more exciting to watch your team play plus the scores coming in of all other games in your conference in action.

In many areas people still watched games in the other conference too so I never feel it increases interest to have games on whatever night they feel like it.

I also like the old way of west conference one night, east conference the next. Because I never used to miss any games that I was interested in. Now if I want to watch the games for some teams you have to get near a computer ever day to figure out when the next game will be played. It could get 2 days in a row they play, or there could be a few days off.
 

ParisSaintGermain

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I really would like to see the draft picks system changed. You shouldn't be rewarded by having the first pick just because you have been so bad during the regular season.
So I suggest that the teams out of the playoffs have a simple competition of their own (with only a handful of games, maybe like a cup in soccer) setting up a new classification based on merit rather than on lottery or terrible performances. This would also force the disapointing teams to have something to play for, once the regular season has ended.
 

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- Rule changes

-Reduced restrictions on players' sticks.
-Smaller goalie pads.
-Penalties for deliberate hits to the head (not including fights, this is all about reducing concussions and saving careers)
-Teams penalised some way for constantly icing the puck (not counting the PK, loose a line change or something).
-Maybe no touch icing?
-Eliminate the 2 line pass rule or take out the redline, or both, whichever opens the game out more.
-Maybe touch up offsides.
-Net pushed back.

-Last Resort.. if it becomes aparant that more drastic measures are needed to increase offense, speed and flow in the game then maybe look at making arena's wider.


- CBA stuff (luxury tax, hard cap, UFA age, etc...)

-24% Salary Rollback (Very important)
-Hard Cap at 42.5 Million
-Soft Cap with taxes going to revenue sharing at 37.5 Million, penalties reduced for teams who build through drafts and trades and retaining players who become stars (like the Vancouver Canucks) and penalties increased significantly for teams who build through UFA signings of players who used to play for other teams.
-Salary Floor at 25 Million
-Entry level contracts put under control.
-Entry Draft has an International Round, following the last, where each team can choose a prospect from a list of non-traditional and emerging hockey countries. This will encourage players in those countries to play hockey even with the great international competition they might still have a chance of getting drafted. It would also encourage teams to look for players where they normaly would not.
-UFA Age set as to encourage teams to build through drafting and good trades.


- Contraction (if any)

-Allow the NHL to try and get back on its feet for 5 years, see which teams adjust and thrive and see which ones are still not making it work even after being a large part of the reason hockey has been canceled for a year. If those teams cannot make it work, try move them to another city.
-Hold off any further expansion until the league takes measures to improve the sports popularity worldwide (thus increasing the talent pool for the NHL).
-Scenario 1: 1st team that fails, move it to Winnipeg.
-Scenario 2: 2nd team fails, move it to Las Vegas.
-Scenario 3: 3rd team fails, take a look at Portland or Seattle (cross border rivalry would be great between the Seattle and Vancouver).
-Scenario 4: 4th taem fails, move it to some Ontario city because if the New York area can support that many teams, I think Ontario could support another.
-Scenario 5: A Return to Quebec.


- Teams (Conferences/division)

-If any team is moved, move it to a city near a team that has a very harsh travel schedule, like Vancouver.
-As another poster said, make it logical.


- Number of games

-Before doing anything like that, see if they can get the AHL to tinker with it.

- Playoff layout

-Keep it the same

- Commissioner & Head of NHLPA

-Not sure to be honest, although I think The Great One should have some sort of advisory role within the NHL.
 

Ruutu15

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I'll keep it short,
Rules - No more clutching and grabbing, Enforce the rules and enforce every single game and all the time, that includes in the playoffs, I don't want to hear "you don't call that in game 7, you just don't," you call it all, ALL (no exceptions, from half way through the season or game 7 of the stanley cup playoffs). This all came apparent when so many complained about elimination game between us and russia in the WJC, saying "you don't that many penalties in an elimination game," it's ovbvious that so many are adjusted to the NHL's style of penalties, give a little or a lot ... it depends.
 

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ParisSaintGermain said:
I really would like to see the draft picks system changed. You shouldn't be rewarded by having the first pick just because you have been so bad during the regular season.
So I suggest that the teams out of the playoffs have a simple competition of their own (with only a handful of games, maybe like a cup in soccer) setting up a new classification based on merit rather than on lottery or terrible performances. This would also force the disapointing teams to have something to play for, once the regular season has ended.

I completely and respectfully disagree.

I think this statement above is another indicator of the overvaluation of propspects that takes place here. There seems to be an implication (please correct me if I'm wrong) that bad teams are bad on purpose, and, therefore should have to fight for the top picks rather than having them "handed" to them. I call this the Crosbyfication of our minds.

That is wrong -- bad teams are bad because they suck, not because they decide to intentionally suck at some point during the season so they can get a high pick.

The system isn't perfect, I conceed that, but those high draft picks are essential for bad teams to build themselves into good ones -- Colorado/Quebec for example -- especially in an NHL where some teams are not on the same financial ground as others.

People here look at drafting high as a "reward" too much. While it certainly is a "reward," to an extent, to get that type of talent, you have to remember that the teams that earn that "honor" most of the times are pretty horrid.

I'm sure fans of bad teams would gladly trade high draft picks for the ability to continually compete for and in the playoffs.
 

ParisSaintGermain

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I completely and respectfully disagree.

I think this statement above is another indicator of the overvaluation of propspects that takes place here. There seems to be an implication (please correct me if I'm wrong) that bad teams are bad on purpose, and, therefore should have to fight for the top picks rather than having them "handed" to them. I call this the Crosbyfication of our minds.

That is wrong -- bad teams are bad because they suck, not because they decide to intentionally suck at some point during the season so they can get a high pick.

The system isn't perfect, I conceed that, but those high draft picks are essential for bad teams to build themselves into good ones -- Colorado/Quebec for example -- especially in an NHL where some teams are not on the same financial ground as others.

People here look at drafting high as a "reward" too much. While it certainly is a "reward," to an extent, to get that type of talent, you have to remember that the teams that earn that "honor" most of the times are pretty horrid.

I'm sure fans of bad teams would gladly trade high draft picks for the ability to continually compete for and in the playoffs.

Good, well written post. Idea gone to dust!
 

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The business side is making me crazy, so I will only comment on the game.

Gloalies :
Slightly smaller pads and gloves.
Raise cross bar by 4 inches (this will keep the posts
where they are so it will feel the same for goalies
as they go post to post, But will give more top
shelf room to shooters. Especialy on butterfly
Goalies)
Stopping goalies from handling the puck is stupid.
Let them play the puck, but give them only a small
square of space behind the net and their crease
as "protected" space, outside of which they are fair
game for ANY contact.

Leave Icing and Two line passes but make the Red line 10 feet thick. This will make trapping difficult, and you could also keep wingers on opposite sides of that line for center ice face offs. This will stop the initial clutching and obstruction that takes place as the puck is dropped and give speedy wingers the space they need to get the offense moving quicker.

Widen rink by 2 feet

Keep point for regulation tie, play 4-4 OT, then Shootout

Leave the fighting in the game.
 

Jester

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- Rule changes

limited... just make the stupid refs enforce the rules that are already there. if they called hooking, holding, general interference every time it happened then the game would be faster and defenses would be at a disadvantage... more goals.

i would change goalie pads a light amount... they don't need that much padding with modern materials.

put the goal back where it was... when goalies say it got easier when they moved it forward, listen to them.

- CBA stuff (luxury tax, hard cap, UFA age, etc...)

hard cap at some number that makes sense... after all this it's going to be 30 million or whatever.

- Contraction (if any)

6 teams.

- Teams (Conferences/division)

two conferences, 4 divisions, 6 teams each.

- Number of games

home and home with one opposite conference division, alternate.
12 games.

7 games within division.
35 games.

4 games against other division in conference
24 games

71 total games.

- Playoff layout

same as it is now. it's perfect.

- Commissioner & Head of NHLPA

i don't care as long as they keep hockey going.
 
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