How much will goalie equipment shrink this summer?

[meenamjah]

just make the damn nets bigger already. a foot on each side should do.

 

[Runner77]

Has anyone come up with a better solution to equipment resizing than this?

Would definitely favor the more acrobatic and faster reflex talents.

 

[blankall]

Lighter yes. More impact resistant yes. Why would getting smaller be the natural progression of technological development for goalie pads? Doesn't make any sense especially with shooters along with their sticks getting much more precise.

NHL sets the rules. Equipment manufacturers along with players do they job by getting everything they can out of the rules in place. It's competitive advantage.

Others are making the claim that changes in "technology" necessitate bigger equipment. That's simply not true. You could make the equipment bigger with the old technology too. My point was the change in size is due to "competitive advantage". I agree with that. It's in no way a technology change. It's goalies pushing the rules in order to gain a competitive advantage. The rules, therefore, need to be changed to limit the goalie equipment.

 

[blankall]

just make the damn nets bigger already. a foot on each side should do.

Making the nets bigger creates the issue of limiting the ice space. As it stands now, there are already many collisions with the net. If a main concern in this debate is "safety", surely increasing the number of player collisions with the net, a common source of injury, is not the solution.