What Stupid Or Unreasonable Thing Do You Want To See In Hockey/NHL?

[pabst blue ribbon]

Would players accept a 10-12% pay cut?

 

[Dexter Colt]

Such a dome, and line changes only on whistles.

 

[JustaFinnishGuy]

Goal pipes are all the color the home team wants them to be, for example Yellow for the Preds

 

[Butch 19]

relegation

stupid or unreasonable?....

I would go with stupid.

 

[JudgeandJury]

Two minute penalty for any player leaving his skates to block a shot or pass.

 

[iamjs]

Such a dome, and line changes only on whistles.

Intriguing, but I don't know how I feel seeing a bunch of players being stuck to a sliding stick and being forced to slide forward/backward all game.

 

[GagneHanson12]

Some kind of chemical surfactant on the puck so if it goes fast enough through the air, it lights on fire.

NHL Hitz style, I like it

 

[MarkusKetterer]

San Jose's ice surface being on top of an actual shark tank

 

[CanadianPensFan1]

Some team to employ a 7ft tall 600lb sumo wrestler as a goalie.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Oilers not sucking

 

[Hennessy]

For some team to rename themselves Brutal Deluxe.

 

[ObscureAlien]

Bettman gets fined for smiling and laughing.

 

[Scrantonicity 2]

An alternate 18+ feed that only broadcasts unfiltered audio picked up from the ice. I'd rather listen to the players chirping each other than the broadcasters droning on and on.

 

[the_fan]

Soccer nets

 

[BatVader]

-Dump the stupid 3 on 3 crap.

-No loser point in overtime.

-Get rid of the shootout..... make it 4 on 4 until decided.

-FIRE BETTMAN

-Team that finishes last in regular season standings gets extra 5 mil to their cap for following season, (only)

-Referee review system that regularly reviews all refs calls and actions in games and issues monthly reports detailing all bad and wrong calls.

- a second goal crease line painted 5 feet out from the current one. If a goalie crosses out of the second line, they are fair game for contact

 

[MarkusKetterer]

Some team to employ a 7ft tall 600lb sumo wrestler as a goalie.

 

[CanadianPensFan1]

Interesting. I'd hadn't seen that before. Thanks for linking that.

For what it's worth, I was totally being facetious :p

 

[RipCityPuckers]

1) If a player scores a hat trick he is immediately doused in gasoline and set on fire

2) Before every game every player has the option of sticking their head into a vat of radioactive material with the purpose being to abnormally grow the size of their head....for marketing opportunities

3) Goalies are allowed to carry the puck into the opposing team's offensive zone but only if they perform a spin-o-rama every 2-3 strides

 

[RipCityPuckers]

Since the NHL and NBA all star games both happen at roughly the same time of year, have a cross branded sporting event like a softball game or some other sport determined by a fan vote which would see the NHL All Stars take on the NBA All Stars

Give teams that were in the bottom five in revenues the previous season the option to play up to 10-11 of their home games in other North American cities that don't currently have NHL teams. This would allow the NHL to see the validity of other markets and gain exposure in those markets with minimal to little risk. And teams that are rebuilding, lacking support, or just going through a tough stretch can play games in cities where the NHL playing there would be a novelty and generate interest and hopefully more revenue (Seattle, Quebec City, Portland, Saskatchewan, Hartford, etc.)

Give the Stanley cup winner the option of trading their leading scorer from the previous season or their #1 D for the 1st overall pick in the upcoming entry draft. If the Stanley Cup winning team uses their option, the team that would've had 1st overall automatically gets the player that was given up and picks 31st in the draft. The Stanley Cup winning team also must still have their own 1st in that drat year in order to be given this option.

Give the best teams in each conference the option of choosing which wild card team they want to face. Do it like a draft so the president's trophy winner gets their pick of the 4 wild card teams first, followed by the team with the second most points, and so on

Start training camp 2 weeks earlier, which would end the season/playoffs 2 weeks earlier

Never let Nick Kypreos talk about anything hockey related ever again by forcing him into some sort of device like you'd see in one of the Saw movies that would instantly activate as soon as he made any kind of mention about the sport.

And can't believe this one hasn't been said in 8 pages, but the NHL's national broadcaster NEEDS to go back to being TSN for the love of God

 

[Crosbyfan]

Line changes where the player getting off cannot still have a skate on the ice when his replacement steps on. Strictly enforced this would open up some ice and create mismatches in a fair manner...thus not reasonable by NHL standards...

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

An alternate 18+ feed that only broadcasts unfiltered audio picked up from the ice. I'd rather listen to the players chirping each other than the broadcasters droning on and on.

I like this 1 a lot

 

[412 Others]

Legalize and promote spearing.

 

[bobholly39]

Id like to see divisions reshuffled every year. Either randomly or based on ranking

If based on ranking - the draft changes completely. Its a complete lottery with all teams eligible.

Teams who finished 32-25 are in 1 divison.

24-17 in another division. And so on.

It would make for new and different rivalries each year and allow for bottom teams to qualify for playoffs more often.

 

[RiverbottomChuck]

Goalies have to do center ice faceoffs and skate back to their nets.

 

[PensPlz]

Penatlies taken with under 2 minutes in regulation result in penalty shot.