RayMartyniukTotems
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With the NHL playing outdoor games every season...I wonder about enhancing the experience for the fans? Playing on an Olympic Size rink Dimension of 200 feet by 100 feet would add closeness and excitement with better sight lines! And the beauty would be the game becomes more of a possession game rather a run and chase it can sometimes devolve into. It just occurred me and wouldn't this be a great time for it?
Perhaps in the future the game sees 4 on 4 hockey in the Regular sized rinks,tapering of Goaltending pads and equipment to add to potential goals and excitement? And please get rid of the gimmicky 3 on 3 stuff and Shoot outs they are a bore and half!!! Of course the NHLPA would have to sign off and before anyone gets knickers in a Knot teams would carry 10 or 11 Forwards and 7 or 8 D-men and 2 goaltenders...so no lost jobs...
And lets Expand into Quebec City by 2025 to revive an age old and great Rivalry with Montreal Canadiens and add teams in Salt Lake City(2025)Houston,Milwaukee,Indianapolis,Hamilton,San Diego and Portland before 2035... And if things don't get fixed in a hurry in the Arizona Desert move them to Atlanta and give them one last go round...A 40 team NHL with two Conferences with 16 teams in each making the play-offs and lets handle the Expansion a bit different with a protective list of 5-2-1! And teams should be able Draft players 2 years since the NHL is really a Futures draft with few players being ready at 18...The reasoning being Expansion teams could add depth for later years when the Vets fall off the Map...and so present NHL teams don't get too ruffled for the 1-2 B Expansion fee Bettman has talked about Expansion teams would draft from the 4th round onwards with bonus picks at the end of each round two years before,then 3rd onwards 1 year before with Bonus picks at the end of each round and then First round onwards when they Officially Enter the NHL
PS An while we are at it lets move the goal nets up 3-4 feet to almost eliminate the 'Tenders handling the puck which would have more play around/behind the net by the scorers...and forwards
Perhaps in the future the game sees 4 on 4 hockey in the Regular sized rinks,tapering of Goaltending pads and equipment to add to potential goals and excitement? And please get rid of the gimmicky 3 on 3 stuff and Shoot outs they are a bore and half!!! Of course the NHLPA would have to sign off and before anyone gets knickers in a Knot teams would carry 10 or 11 Forwards and 7 or 8 D-men and 2 goaltenders...so no lost jobs...
And lets Expand into Quebec City by 2025 to revive an age old and great Rivalry with Montreal Canadiens and add teams in Salt Lake City(2025)Houston,Milwaukee,Indianapolis,Hamilton,San Diego and Portland before 2035... And if things don't get fixed in a hurry in the Arizona Desert move them to Atlanta and give them one last go round...A 40 team NHL with two Conferences with 16 teams in each making the play-offs and lets handle the Expansion a bit different with a protective list of 5-2-1! And teams should be able Draft players 2 years since the NHL is really a Futures draft with few players being ready at 18...The reasoning being Expansion teams could add depth for later years when the Vets fall off the Map...and so present NHL teams don't get too ruffled for the 1-2 B Expansion fee Bettman has talked about Expansion teams would draft from the 4th round onwards with bonus picks at the end of each round two years before,then 3rd onwards 1 year before with Bonus picks at the end of each round and then First round onwards when they Officially Enter the NHL
PS An while we are at it lets move the goal nets up 3-4 feet to almost eliminate the 'Tenders handling the puck which would have more play around/behind the net by the scorers...and forwards