Can the NHL do something to fix the inside of the nets?

[FirewagonChange]

Most of the time goals are scored the puck comes flinging back out of the net. The puck sometimes will also get lost in the lining of the net. Seeing the puck in the net after a goal is scored is more aesthetically pleasing to the viewers, plus it wouldn't confuse anyone not knowing if it was an actual goal or not.

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[djdub]

For viewers that can't follow the game that well, there is a red light behind the net to help you notice the puck has crossed the line.

Off topic a little bit: Who controls that red light now? When I was younger there used to be a guy who would sit on a stool and press a button when he saw the puck cross the line. I was at a game yesterday and noticed he is there no more.

 

[PlamsUnlimited]

I think that depends on the arena. At MSG the nets have more give and the puck USUALLY stays.

 

[swimmer77]

I like the "flinging" out of the net. Reminds me of the "swoosh" in basketball.

As another mentioned I look for the red light but I look for the ref's call too.

 

[dechire]

This may be wrong but I thought the tenseness of the net was to prevent the puck from getting through the holes or something like that. I know there's an actual reason for it though.

 

[King Karlsson]

There are bigger problems in the NHL than the netting being too tight. Loose netting looks shoddy anyway.. way more satisfying (as a player at least) to have the puck pop right back out, means you got it up in the corners where it's super taut

 

[PlamsUnlimited]

There are bigger problems in the NHL than the netting being too tight. Loose netting looks shoddy anyway.. way more satisfying (as a player at least) to have the puck pop right back out, means you got it up in the corners where it's super taut

I dunno, how about when the goalie has to sweep it out of the net after it gets absolutely crushed in? and the crowd is nuts?

 

[Sanderson]

Maybe it helps with the puck not getting stuck on the backside of the net. If it were a lose net, the puck would fall on it and lay there, in many cases leading to a stop in play unless a player can dig it out in time. But if the net is relatively rigid, a puck would bounce away from the backside in most cases. Not to mention that a more rigid net would stand at an almost vertical angle, making it harder for the puck to rest on it in the first place.

 

[Bending and Tending]

Most of the time goals are scored the puck comes flinging back out of the net. The puck sometimes will also get lost in the lining of the net. Seeing the puck in the net after a goal is scored is more aesthetically pleasing to the viewers, plus it wouldn't confuse anyone not knowing if it was an actual goal or not.

IDK, I like watching pucks fly back out. It's especially satisfying as a player because even goals that aren't snipes can look pretty sweet.

 

[StoneHands]

The tension on the nets also helps for when the puck gets stuck on the back of the net. When it's tight it's easy to give the netting a little whack and it pops off but when it's loose it tends to get stuck and usually causes scrums.

 

[Anglesmith]

This may be wrong but I thought the tenseness of the net was to prevent the puck from getting through the holes or something like that. I know there's an actual reason for it though.

I think it was too create fewer stoppages due to the puck being trapped in the back of the net.

 

[Batrous]

For viewers that can't follow the game that well, there is a red light behind the net to help you notice the puck has crossed the line.

Off topic a little bit: Who controls that red light now? When I was younger there used to be a guy who would sit on a stool and press a button when he saw the puck cross the line. I was at a game yesterday and noticed he is there no more.

They put a lot of the goal judges in the press box now a days.

 

[Batrous]

For viewers that can't follow the game that well, there is a red light behind the net to help you notice the puck has crossed the line.

Off topic a little bit: Who controls that red light now? When I was younger there used to be a guy who would sit on a stool and press a button when he saw the puck cross the line. I was at a game yesterday and noticed he is there no more.

I also should mention that with some of the goal lights some teams use I've found them to be a little hard to see. Nashville light, Dallas's light, Penguins: all of them can be hard to make out.

 

[East Coast Icestyle]

I dunno, how about when the goalie has to sweep it out of the net after it gets absolutely crushed in? and the crowd is nuts?

Not as satisfying as a hard wrist shot going in and back out. Love that almost as much as post and in.

 

[Jerzey Devil]

I like it tight. It would have made a nice safety barrier around Larsen if Markstrom would have moved it over him after the brawl erupted when Hall hit him.

 

[Butch 19]

I like the "flinging" out of the net. Reminds me of the "swoosh" in basketball.

As another mentioned I look for the red light but I look for the ref's call too.

I don't like the tight nets and all the flinging! Make the goalie fish the puck out of the net after my team scores on you...

It adds to the insult / injury for the goalie. I don't think there's anything like it in any other sport. Maybe shooting pool where loser racks.

 

[Butch 19]

I think it was too create fewer stoppages due to the puck being trapped in the back of the net.

GG - you've got to be kidding?

The league was wasting too much time getting pucks out of nets while the players are changing lines?! really?

 

[tsanuri]

GG - you've got to be kidding?

The league was wasting too much time getting pucks out of nets while the players are changing lines?! really?

Not out of the net off the back of the net. As in not in.

 

[patnyrnyg]

Most of the time goals are scored the puck comes flinging back out of the net. The puck sometimes will also get lost in the lining of the net. Seeing the puck in the net after a goal is scored is more aesthetically pleasing to the viewers, plus it wouldn't confuse anyone not knowing if it was an actual goal or not.

Are you serious with this? How about inside the net can be a giant hole and then the puck travels below the ice to the center ice face-off dot and gets fired into the air? Bubble hockey, but in real life.

 

[hototogisu]

Maybe it helps with the puck not getting stuck on the backside of the net. If it were a lose net, the puck would fall on it and lay there, in many cases leading to a stop in play unless a player can dig it out in time. But if the net is relatively rigid, a puck would bounce away from the backside in most cases. Not to mention that a more rigid net would stand at an almost vertical angle, making it harder for the puck to rest on it in the first place.

If I'm not mistaken, that's how the nets used to be, until they decided they were creating too many stoppages and delays and tightened the mesh.

Can't please all the people all the time.

"Aesthetically speaking", if that's a true concern, the puck does stay in the net 99% of the time...

 

[SmCurse]

Someone should manufacture semi-elastic net. Shots would stay in. Pucks wouldn't get stuck in loose nettings.

 

[SladeWilson23]

The Devils are the biggest offenders of this. I'm not sure there are any nets tighter than the ones at the Rock.

 

[PlamsUnlimited]

The Devils are the biggest offenders of this. I'm not sure there are any nets tighter than the ones at the Rock.

Buffalo used to have them wound so tight too. Looked like you threw a rubber superball against a solid concrete wall type of bounce.

 

[Advanced stats]

Summer topic lulz

I love the flinging out. Shows the power and speed so well

 

[Butch 19]

Buffalo used to have them wound so tight too. Looked like you threw a rubber superball against a solid concrete wall type of bounce.

this is a hockey pet peeve of mine.

Come on, the entire game is about the puck and where it needs to go!

After some hard work and/or skill, it somehow gets to where the ultimate "goal" is. Keep it there are a few seconds at least!