OT: If there was an XHL, what would be the rules?

[insomniac]

Draft rankings mirror league rankings. No snaking. 1st place = 1st overall.

No salary cap.

 

[koteka]

If it were truly a Vince McMahon type hockey league then if someone drops their gloves, you either fight or get a major penalty.

 

[Fairwhether]

All players wear full body armor so they can never be injured.

 

[NotWendell]

This one’s a little “out there” that I just thought of, and I don’t think I’d want it in the NHL (but the XHL...) but a player who iced the puck has to skate to the other goal line and start behind the line and can’t move until the faceoff, so it’d be a 5-on-4 for about 5 seconds. He can’t play the puck until he touches up in his own defensive zone (i.e., no immediate/easy breakaway). Juice may not be worth the squeeze, but maybe you could make it so it’s the player that iced the puck plus another player on his team, so it’d be a 5-second 5-on-3.

That's interesting.

 

[NotWendell]

If it were truly a Vince McMahon type hockey league then if someone drops their gloves, you either fight or get a major penalty.

So embellishment would NOT be a penalty? LOL

 

[Boomshakalaka]

How about if a player earns a penalty shot they take it and the other team is still penalized for the minor or major - so you would get a penalty shot plus a powerplay
And maybe players could not clear the puck out of the goalie crease, only the goalie could, could have a goaltending minor for that trying to think of how to balance that out for the offense though

 

[koteka]

So embellishment would NOT be a penalty? LOL

No, it would be strongly encouraged. And you would be allowed to tag someone on the bench and they could replace you in the fight. Hitting someone with a chair would technically be illegal, but nobody would ever get in trouble for it.

 

[CaptainCrunch28]

Remove the instigator penalty
Remove the “2 fights and you’re out rule”
Visors are not mandatory
No offsides
No icings
You can check anyone (not just the player with the puck)

 

[Fairwhether]

The goalie loses all pads, he is allowed skates, a helmet, and a slightly padded unitard. He has a large blocker shield, any shape, no more than a quarter the size of the goal mouth. His stick is round, half the length of a regular stick shaft with no blade. He has a chain tying him at the waist to the back of the net keeping him in the blue paint. No one is allowed to touch him but he can hit anyone he wants with his stick.

 

[NotWendell]

I forgot the big one! All games are worth 3 points in the standings. Regulation wins: 3 points. OT wins: 2 points. OT losses: 1 point.

 

[Doggy]

Since we are getting a little outlandish...

How about we replace the blade of the stick with a real blade...curved and sharp like the things the Dothraki would wield around.

 

[NotWendell]

2 beer minimum before seeing the ice

At least require beers and vodkas to be offered in the penalty box's refrigerator.

 

[Perfect_Drug]

No offsides. Let's see which teams want to cherry pick!

Was gonna say.. red line only... (like basketball)

But this might be even better.

 

[NotWendell]

Was gonna say.. red line only... (like basketball)

But this might be even better.

The second 5 minutes of OT could be without offsides. That would all but eliminate the shootout.

 

[NotWendell]

Was gonna say.. red line only... (like basketball)

But this might be even better.

The second 5 minutes of OT could be without offsides. That would all but eliminate the shootout.

 

[cbjfaninmo]

Use WWE refs. Oh wait, that wouldn’t be a change.