NHL want more offense...solutions ?

[bigpapycharles]

If you want more goals...or offense ...When a guys have a penality...The player stay all the penalty time on the penalty bench !

And let the goalie play around the net...

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[JuniorNelson]

Reformulate the puck.

 

[Howboutthempanthers]

Rink wide nets.
2 on 2 hockey.
5 on 1 PP for two minute minors.
The entire second period played with no goalies.

That'll get that offense cranking.

 

[txpd]

take away all the little advantages the defense gets. no more d zone hand passes.

keeping a player in the box for the full 2 wont make much difference. teams rarely score 2 on a 5 minute major pp. what you want is to increase the pp%. if you want to increase the pp%, take icing away from the PK. Make the second icing on a pk a penalty. you can wash out the icing when its a pass that misses, but you get one blatent clear and then its a face off in your end and you cant change.

 

[bobholly39]

No hitting. At all.

You can only play the puck - not the player.


I wonder what that would look like?

 

[McShogun99]

Enforce the rules like they did in 2005/06. Bring back the full 2 minute PP.

 

[Lehnsanity]

Every 2 mins teams rotate 5 on 4 play.

Goalies use player sticks.

No line changes during play.

Refs share 1 whistle.

 

[HabsDood]

Get rid of the Habs..


lol

 

[Richi]

No hitting. At all.

You can only play the puck - not the player.


I wonder what that would look like?

Volleyball?

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

Get rid of offsides.

Seriously.

Why are we stopping play because one guy is half an inch past the blue line before the puck crosses.

 

[Clamshells]

stop allowing dump&chase interference/picks and offensive zone time will increase dramatically.

 

[CRDragon]

Soccer sized nets

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Call more penalties by enforcing the rules in a more strict fashion

 

[HabsDood]

I'M in for "remove the lines"..

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

Also this...

 

[patsbury]

Less teams, skilled players are too diluted

and they are talking about expansion lol

 

[MikeModano9]

Let's just get rid of Goalies.

 

[RORbacon]

Remove the illegal curve rule. Bending the puck Beckham style.

Seriously though, the rules are fine. If the NHL is truly concerned about increasing scoring make goalie gear smaller or nets larger. But scoring isn't a huge issue. We're not watching basketball here.

 

[Pinkfloyd]

Less teams, skilled players are too diluted

and they are talking about expansion lol

If I'm not mistaken, expansion actually has increased offense when it occurred until the talent normalized. Less teams wouldn't really change anything either. Teams get better on both sides of the puck with less teams. From year to year, if they want to have more offense, they simply need to enforce the rulebook when it comes to penalties.

 

[Mayor Bee]

If you want more goals...or offense ...When a guys have a penality...The player stay all the penalty time on the penalty bench !

I can tell you exactly what would happen. Officials would become even more terrified of "influencing the game" and call even fewer penalties than right now.

That's the heart of the problem: the play on the ice looks too much like it did 15 years ago, when guys like Derian Hatcher and Adam Foote and Chris Therien could basically mug their way to success.

 

[TheStroker]

Allow women to play in the NHL.

 

[Fork]

make every goal count as 2 goals

 

[Jerk Store*]

30 minute periods.

 

[1point21Gigawatts]

Just increase the size of the net one inch on all sides. Doesn't have to be anything elaborate.

 

[Mach12]

1) Call obstruction
2) 2 min PPs
3) No icing on PP