Trying to increase scoring by increasing the net size is the way of the wimps and those who want hockey as 100%entertainment not sport. Why not go back to...
One thing I haven't heard in all this discussion, indeed, in the standard arguments is ice temperature. About a month ago, I took my daughter to a Grizzlies...
I've just uploaded a picture to the Photo section of the hockhist Yahoo Groups site. The illustration appeared in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on Dec. 18, 1896,...
... Doubt it. <worry about non existent fans who never will ... More goal scoring will win more fans then anything. <and piss off the folks that do in fact...
Goalies have gotten bigger. Equpiment had gotten bigger. Yet people are whining when the NHL is contemplating making the nets bigger? I say bring it on!!...
... in the abstract, sure... but more goals doesn't necessarily translate into more exciting game. ... mine are: #1 - stop letting players dry hump each other....
I am amazed at no one (outside of the WHA) even talking about #3 and #4. I have advocated going back to the old rule of serving the full two minutes for years!...
... I'm not so sure about that...traditional fans are already angry at the league and keep in mind the same fans that don't watch hockey in the US weren't...
... do" list right after number > 2 (enlarge the ice surface) and number 1 (get rid of the redline). And then Bill said: "We agree on two and three even though...
Actually the issues are structural in some buildings and it goes beyond the seats. They lack the proper floor past a certain point and the piping and in the...
Those are pretty much my top 4 as well. Slightly bigger ice, maybe not the 100 foot width, but maybe halfway from the NHL's 80 to 90 feet would be another. ...
My 2 cents on more scoring; -In hockey a 2-1 game with INTENSITY is what we need. If Nashville beats Columbus 8-6, i doubt i would like more than a 2-1 playoff...
That is why I don't watch the NBA, or basketball, because you can watch the last 2-3 minutes only to have the best of the game. The rest, the first 3 ...
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Does anyone have a date of death and/or burial location for any of these players? Thanks, Chantel Name DOB Birthplace Arbour, John Albert (Jack) 3/7/1898...
And such a visible break with tradition might well ... different. Will. We are talking about giving the shooter the same amount of net to shoot at that he had...
... translate ... I didn't say it would. More goals coupled with more room to play and more flow to the game would make a more exciting game. All I'm asking is...
Spoken like a true goalie Dave. Afraid of a bigger goal? My 13 year old covers the same goal as an adult. Should try being a soccer 24 X 8 now that's a...
... obstruction, ... minute of ... should ... The problem with this is you would have whistles every 65 seconds. Nothing sucks the life out of a game more then...
... different. ... to shoot at that he had back in the 70's and 80's. You make it seem like this is something that will turn hockey into another sport ...
"As we see right here on this list, when you talk about a real physical change to the game there is resistance." Nothing more than the vocal minority. "We had...
... obstruction all of the time then they would not be calling penalties all of the time because pretty soon teams would stop doing it. They'd have no choice...
... called all ... calling penalties ... doing it. They'd ... killing penalties and ... thier team. Players ... many years of ... the impression ... still...
--We are talking about giving the shooter the same amount of net to shoot at that he had back in the 70's and 80's. All this talk of increasing the size of the...
--This was discussed on a local radio station and I have to agree completely. Essentially the argument was that every other sport than hockey calls a penalty...
... As I recall when there have been THN polls as well as other polls about "improving the game" people are against it. I'm not so sure it is a minority and...
I actually have to agree that calling a game too close would be a problem...this is not to say that the refs couldn't do a better job. In fact I think that...
... How many faceoffs are there in an average NHL game? 60? 70? Even if the number of penalties called went up about 50% (which it won't, players will just...
"As far as the size of players go, that is totally irrelevant." I disagree. There is a reason that the ice is too small nowadays and people are wishing outloud...
"His sole responsibility is to enforce the rules of the game, which should never change, irregardless of the time on the clock." Yeah tell that to the Leaf...
