I would be fine with just one rule change. No gambling advertising.

I just want ads gone from jerseys again. It's sacrilegious that they defiled our holy ice garments like that, but I know it's never gonna happen.

need to eliminate blackouts of games , especially replays of games on NHL network

I want an announcer "mute" option. Pay to have the announcer and color commentator be muted. But in addition to that, i want the mics around the rink to be turned up. I want the skates scraping ice to be louder. The stick smacks. The vocal chatter between teammates. The chirping. The coaches. I want to hear it all, unfiltered. NASCAR does this for roughly a minute or 2 each race. They call it "Crank It Up." Just the sounds of the cars and some radio communications sprinkled in. It's GREAT!! Bring that to hockey, but for the entire game if i choose.

Standard benches in every arena that accommodate the backup goalie. These arenas that have the backup sitting all alone … ridiculous.

Dark mode - for when you’re watching hockey in bed and the screen is too bright

I'm with you on the cross checks, multiple penalties, goalies playing puck & icing on penalty kills. If I could change something I would get rid of gambling .

I think the blood determining 2 or 4 minutes is a tough one. Anyone can fake an injury, but it’s much harder to fake blood. We all know there are blatant divers in the league, but I can see a player furthering the embellishment if it means the opposing player may get an additional 2. Also, as far as the icing on the penalty kill. I agree that it would make powerplays more exciting. But maybe change the ruling (just for PK icings) to the shorthanded team still being able to change players. That way it’s still a big play to clear the puck. But the downside is that the faceoff comes back in their zone.

Remove the trapezoid and only give out one penalty while calling an embellishment, no point giving a penalty to both players when one is embellishing

Remove some of the advertising on the ice like in the corners for example and the ones they add on inside the blue line that’s on screen. Aren’t there enough ads on the boards it’s so nice to watch the puck move on clear ice instead of over an add.

I’d love to see goalies being able to play the puck past the redline - we need more goalie breakaways…

I agree with the time limit for offside challenges, but I would only allow 2 minutes instead of 5.

yeah icing called on the PK is not it.... you trying to have powerplays at 75%?

Cross checking is legal now! Instigator rule stops you from dealing with an ass who just cross checked you and skated away smiling. The rules are ruining the game.

The IIHF has 3 points for a regulation win, 2 points for an OTW, 1 point for OTL. What do you think of that idea?

One, there can’t be embellishment and a matching penalty originating from the same action. It’s either a penalty, or it’s embellishment. And I would like to see a lot more embellishment penalties ahem Marchand. (Present injury status aside) Two, an “in arena” mode for broadcasts. No ads, no commentators, no graphics, just in-arena audio with a multi-camera feed. It happened one Pens game by accident for a period a few years ago and it was GLORIOUS

Having a time limit for offside challanges is something I've been talking about for years. Give 'em 30sec. If it's not immediately apparent that offsides, the call stands.

1. 3-on-3 for 10min & is still tired, the teams get 1 point each. Plus your allowed only 3 "back-courts" (voluntary leave the offensive zone) in ot or it's a delay of game 2. No gambling ads (that goes for all sports) 3. Goalies can play the puck anywhere they want. However, if it's outside the trapezoid and cross to our past the defensive face-off circles, you are fair game. (Gentleman's Rules request, no headhunting or Darius Kasparaitis hip checks though) 4. Offside challenge is minutes to 2 minutes of review and only allowed if play was in the zone for less then 30 seconds. 5. In a penalty shot (since there would be no shootouts), you have 10 seconds to shoot once you get possession of the puck. 6. If a penalty carries over into the next period, the opening face-off is in the pk side of ice.

Like Ken Daniel's has been pushing for, make entering the zone be when the puck touches the blue of the line. Not fully crossing the line. Then the size of the zone doesn't change when you're entering vs exiting the attacking zone

For offsides review: the refs should be allowed to watch the play from any angle NO MORE THAN 5 TIMES AT FULL SPEED! Because if you can’t tell after 5 full speed replays whether someone was offsides or not it clearly could not have had an impact on the play and we should just get back to the game

- No adding time back on the clock just because it's the end of the game. You could just as easily do it at any time during the game, and the effect at the end of the period would be the same as adding it only at the end. It doesn't make sense. - Call cross checking, yes - Stop allowing D-men to hold up attackers after dump-ins. When the obstruction rules came in, they didn't let any of that happen, and it was better. More exciting attacks and offence. - Goalies play puck in corners - Since the rule exists, why not call intentional offside when it logically applies? That, in my opinion, is every time a player touches a puck when they're in an offside position if they had a moment to realize it/the ref yelled "off'. Using all this judgement as to whether it's intentional or not is beyond a ref's ability. Judging the thought process of a player and guessing why he touched it is too sloppy. If he knows it's offside and touches it, isn't it intentional every time? Yes, in my opinion. - Putting anyone in a headlock during a scrum should be treated like intentionally kicking with skate, head butts and other such serious violence. You have someone's central nervous system locked in your dumb, sweaty arm, and often twist and torque the head around. I know sometimes it's fairly casual, but sometimes players really mess with the neck.

WOW! ALL 10! I think you nailed these. Even if the NHL went with half of them starting next season, think how much improved the game would be.

I don't mind the idea of the icing on the penalty kill, but I think I would add one caveat. If the killing team does ice the puck, the ensuing face off should occur exclusively in the neutral zone. I don't think it would be fair to completely punish the killing team by constantly bringing the faceoff back to the defensive zone, they should at least get some reward for regaining puck possession and getting it out of their own zone. This seems like a good middle ground - the regular rules of icing apply (in that you can't sub players before the face off) but at least the killing team gets out of their defensive zone.

When awarded a penalty shot teams should get the option of the penalty shot or a 2 minute powerplay.

Good points, all around. but I disagree with #10. Icing is the counter to the man advantage, and should be kept.

Offside challenge time limit! This one is mine, too! 2 parts, for me. The review can't take more than x minutes. But also, if one team controls the zone for a full 60 seconds, no offside can be called at all. You want to attract new viewership to your awesome sport, but fans often feel like their time watching didn't matter, bc a minute plus of zone control goes out the window when offside is called retroactively. Then going fwd the fans often feel uneasy about investing their emotions in their team's time in the O-zone, thinking... was that offside? Is all this cycling pointless cuz we're just waiting to find out if it's even valid? edit - especially considering how often we wait and wait, and then it all comes down to a quarter of an inch after waiting 10 minutes for a review plus whatever amount of time the team was in the o-zone wasting everyone's time. Definitive proof of offsides shouldn't take more than 2 minutes of looking at a screen with your ref bud. If it does, just let us get on with the game.

I really think the NHL should fix the payroll taxation situation. For example; It’s unfair that a contract in Tampa has more “take home” value compared to the same contract anywhere in Canada. It’s unfair to the teams that are in states/provinces that have higher payroll taxes. The “take home” value after taxes should be the same in every market to avoid any unfair advantages for teams looking to sign players during free agency. So every team’s salary cap would be different based on their state/provincial taxation laws, but ultimately the player would “take home” the same amount no matter what market they’re in. I know some markets that have higher taxation can offer more advertising opportunities, but why do the NHL leave it up to a third party to even the playing field? The whole idea of a salary cap was to even the playing field…right?

thanks for all the effort put into all this content

When you score on the delayed penalty, you should still get the power play. 3 points regulation wins. If a player is suspended, the team must use 19 players for the duration of the suspension.

The one rule I would change is: if officials make blatant phantom calls or even-up calls, they get suspended.

New OT format: 8v8. No offsides. Two pucks.

I agree with the time limit for reviews, McDavid even said earlier this year after a lengthy review "You zoom in until you cant zoom in anymore, if it takes 15 minutes, it probably doesn't matter."

I like most of these, but enforcing icings on the PK would be brutal. I don't really want to see powerplays scoring at a 40%+ clip.

I’d like to see the (almost always) unintentional puck over the glass penalty changed slightly - first one of a shift is treated like an icing, no player change, defensive zone faceoff. To deter repeated clears over the glass, if the resultant faceoff sequence results in another puck out of play, then it’s a penalty like it is now.

On Number 10, they changed the rule just 2 seasons after first introducing icing to not include power plays. I know you think it would mean increased aggression on defense, but really it would just be a stoppage every 20 seconds while the refs grab the puck and drag it all the way back for a faceoff. It would be unbearable to watch. On the point system, I think the positives outweigh the negatives. Ice Hockey is a low-scoring game by nature, meaning it's incredibly likely that games end in a tie. Teams should be recognized with a reward for tying in regulation, because it happens so often. Relying on an all-or-nothing system isn't fair when OT is so volatile and unpredictable.

If you want more sustained offensive pressure, they could adapt the ball hockey offside where once you gain the zone, the blue line becomes the red line. So going in, offside is the same as it has always been. But once the offensive zone is established, the blue line becomes the red line and the defence has to clear the red line to clear the defensive zone and force the offence to reestablish the offensive zone. You’d also see lots of shots from right outside the blue line on the powerplay cycle and the ice would be spread out. I think that’s a better option than not being allowed to ice the puck on a penalty kill because you gotta give the defence something to work with. Especially if goalies were allowed to play the puck again.

I always thought that if the goalie was playing the puck outside the paint, he should be fair game.

The strict criteria for goalie interference sounds great in theory, but do we all remember the skate in the crease rule? That is a case where there's strict guidelines that limit what you can do even though in actuality there was no impact to the play.

1. A shorthanded goal ends the penalty 2. A power play goal does not end the penalty 3. NHL officials need to be made available for media questioning. At the bare minimum, the NHL needs to implement something similar to the NBA's "L2M Report". 4. I agree with your call on blood on the high stick, but it should be 2 minutes regardless. If blood is drawn, the player should get the 2 minute minor penalty, as well as a technical foul, like the NBA. Accruing the technical fouls will lead to predetermined punishments (NBA has fines up to the 16th TF, and then suspensions for each subsequent 2 TF's). Obviously would be adjusted for the sport. 5. Goalie pads need to be smaller. 6. Get on the same page about embellishment. Either call it consistently, or don't. 7. Either add more on ice officials (ehhh, they're kinda bad and old as it is) or implement a sky judge like NCAA football for calling penalties in real time. 8. Get rid of the trapezoid!! 9. Eliminate the digitized advertisements PLEASE AND THANK YOU 10. Every single time a forward dumps the puck in and tries to chase, the defensemen pins him to the boards. No puck within 15 feet. It is blatant interference and I've only ever seen it called once. 11. I am okay with ads on the helmets, just please don't put them on the sweaters. 12. If awarded a penalty shot, you still get the power play if it isn't successful. 13. Over the Glass - Delay of Game needs to be an automatic review. I am sick and tired of blind 60 year old men from the opposite corner of the ice calling a penalty because he's emphatic enough of the call. If the puck goes over, Toronto looks at it and signals the officials within seconds. 14. 3-2-1-0 points system. Pretty straightforward. 15. Carry over PP's should begin the period in the attacking zone, not center ice. 16. AAANNNDDD one fun one, eliminate offsides all together, they got rid of two-line passing violations, the can get rid of offsides, which is essentially just three-line passing. For how long my list is you'd think I hate the game lmao

1) No ads on jerseys 2) puck over the glass is to be treated like icing (not a penalty) 3) still call icing on the PK 4) call more cross checks (no abusing star players) 5) remove the trapezoid behind the net 6) offsides challenges can only be reviewed for 30 seconds. This was intended for obviously missed calls.

DOPS reps would be great, they'll never do it. The don't want to have to explain their thought processes on why they let some things go publicly because clearly they either are of the opinion or are being told that hockey, especially playoff hockey, should be violent as part of the league's marketing strategy and they don't want to have tons of suspensions being given out in critical games. They don't even explain themselves in private to the teams sometimes. Disagree on one thing, they should get rid of the penalty for challenging wrong. It's a kick in a teeth since most often the team will be challenging a goal against them, then if they're wrong they go right on the penalty kill? If the problem is that they think teams will use them too much, then limit challenges per game like they do in baseball and football. A double whammy like that is really overly punitive for a fairly normal thing in modern sports. Imagine if you failed a challenge in football, and the other team gets the ball on your 20. Or in baseball they get to put a runner on 2nd base. Just a massive swing for no reason.

It always bugged me that a goal on a delayed penalty negates the penalty

Many of these are great points! I totally agree on the Cross Checking, Offside reviews, and removing the Trapezoid.

I love hearing your takes. Even if I don't agree with everything, you explain yourself well and I can understand your reasoning and point of view.

How about the near ref can veto calls from the far ref? Far ref should only call fouls that the near ref was not in a position to see.

Rules: Sensors under both blues, the center, and both goal lines that can use the puck trail sensors in the pucks already to gauge if a puck crossed the line for a goal, offside, or icing. The technology has been used in tennis and soccer for years now. For broadcasts: A commentary free option and a panoramic rink view during stoppages/tv timeouts Never gonna happen: 10 minutes 3v3 OT instead of 5v5, still no loser point. If they want shootouts still, then a 3-2-1 point system for RW-OTW-SOW. Completely agree on eliminating the “play for the OT” that can happen sometimes as much as halfway through a third period.

I’ve got 2 suggestions, the 1st not so much for the play of the game but rather, change the points system. Make it 3 points for a regulation win, if it’s a tie teams get 1 point but if a team wins in OT the winning team gets an addition point for a total of 2. This would add excitement to game in the later part of the season. A team needing points to get into playoffs might pull a goalie in a tie game to get the 3 points, rather than settle for a tie and hope to win in OT. The other suggestion to your point on calling icing on the PK team was actually a rule back 50 years ago. The reason why it was changed was it slowed down the flow of the game and added a lot of time onto the length of the game. They’ll never go back to calling that icing, and frankly it takes some excitement out of the PK playing. Maybe a rule where you can only shoot the puck down 2x with in the PK before icing taking effect might work.

Goalies can play the puck in the trapezoid but need to also be fair game for full body contact. Belongs in the not going to happen category.

Interesting ideas, Shannon! Personally, if I ran the NHL, I would have the point system be 3 points for a win, zero points for a loss (regulation or overtime, doesn’t matter) and one point for a tie for both teams if the five minute three on three overtime isn’t settled.

Screw it, get rid of offsides and make it like basketball 🤭

I think onside/offside calls should have a (in play)time limit also. If you are offside but control the play in the offesive zone for 30 seconds, it shouldn't count as no goal due to offsides. The offsides in that case didn't effect the overall play that much.

Nice! I might have to do this for football at some point...

Agree on 1-9, think 10 goes too far. Instead of #10, how about: #10: Like an icing, the penalized team is not allowed to make a line change and must start the pk with the same players as they had when the penalty was called. Also… #11 - On a delayed penalty, scoring a goal does NOT eliminate the penalty call #12 Either eliminate the trapezoid or change the angle so that it slants away from the goalie crease (thus making it a bit smaller) #13 if the 8th and 9th team are tied in points, have a one game, winner-take-all playoff #14 Increase OT to 6min #15 A player on LTIR for game 82 must wait a min 14 days before being eligible to play in the playoffs

Let's get rid of the rule that allows hand passes within a team's defensive zone. In fact, make doing specifically that like an icing so teams don't do it just to get a whistle.

I like your suggestions for broadcasts.

I will always remember a ref's explanation as to what is a fight and what is roughing, when my player got a fighting major and the other kid got roughing. He said, "the first punch is roughing, the second is fighting".

I think these are pretty reasonable. I'd actually purchase an annual subscription if it's 1) "video game"-free; 2) digital ad-free; and 3) was all-in-one, meaning ZERO blackouts and the ability to stream EVERY SINGLE GAME. Unless that happens, I'll proudly pirate NHL games. No way am I going to pay for a half-dozen overpriced subscriptions that don't even allow me to see all the games properly, only to have these digital ads shoved down my throat (alongside a quadrillion gambling ads). As for rules, I'd add the ability to challenge for a missed penalty call on a scoring play. For instance, remember game 5 of Colorado/Seattle, where the Kraken scored in a tie game because MacKinnon got blatantly tripped, creating an odd man rush? In this instance, Bednar would've been able to challenge the play, and the goal waived off plus Seattle given a 2 minute minor. Placing a time limit on the video review for that would be reasonable, and there'd have to be conclusive evidence to overturn the call on the ice (as in, the scoring play was the direct result of a missed call). Another example was a 2-on-1 goal Winnipeg scored during game 1 of this year's series, and it was a 2-on-1 because Makar's stick got held at the blue line. Another change I'd make is to enforce the salary cap during the playoffs. The ability to do what Tampa Bay and the Vegas LTIRs did should be illegal, but isn't due to such a glaring loop hole. Finally, I'd abolish the draft lottery in favour of "elimination standings," where points teams earn after being mathematically eliminated are how they'd be ranked in draft order.

For the crosscheck penalties, id be fine if the rule said "multiple or egregious" that way you could give a little leeway on single "bumps" where the person is trying to push the guy and accidently catches them with their stick. That said, crosscheck penalties need to be tuned

Can‘t say it enough and often enough: Your content is top notch, Shannon! Thanks and thanks again!

I’m with you on everything except for the icing being called on a penalty kill. The offensive team already has the man advantage and the starting face off in the other team zone when the penalty starts, if they outnumber the other team and lose the puck then they should be punished for not being able to get a good scoring chance when the team that has one less is able to get possession and clears it out.

Create actual criteria for goalie interference that are clear and measurable using modern technology. Certainly with all the computing power, machine learning and such a system can be put in place to quantify what is / is not GI.

Make the goalie a player, too. The goalie owns his crease. If he leaves the crease, he's just another player. Make the crease a little bigger if you have to (like the old semicircle), but stop allowing goalies to skate around with no consequences.

This isin’t a rule change per se, but is something I would want to see changed. A big source of annoyance for me is whenever you have a controversial call on a video review, then after the fact someone posts a screenshot of “the footage the refs were looking at” on twitter that wasn’t shown on the broadcast. In cricket whenever they do video reviews, on the broadcast, they show exactly what footage the umpires are looking at and you can hear what they’re asking to look at, to rewind footage or play in slow motion etc on the broadcast.

A lot of great ideas. The only one I’ll never be on board with is icing on the penalty kill. I don’t think it’s needed at all. The penalty itself is enough of a disadvantage but most importantly it would really slow the game down having a bunch of extra icings per game. I mean you could be talking an extra 10-15 icings per game in some instances. No thanks.

If a team scores on a delayed penalty, it’s still a penalty and still a power play.

You should start rooting for the Sharks Just saying

At the very top there needs to be a Ref watching video to get calls better right. Power play when penalty shot is unsuccessful. I'd like delay of game for consecutive icings. And for offside I'd like it changed to puck touching blue and player touching blue is good enough.

The issue I have with the issue of offsides, It's right that it should have a time limit for reviews, but if you're offside and it's fairly easy to look back and see it was offside then it shouldn't matter HOW LONG you were in the zone when you shouldn't have been in the zone from crossing the line to begin with. The issue I have with Offside is that if it wasn't called then you don't get that faceoff outside of the zone that could change how that section of minutes actually goes and that goal probably doesn't happen. That's my issue with "Oh it was a minute after that offside happened so lets just let it go" because it doesn't matter how long after an Offside was missed if the call was actually made then none of that after it would happen most likely. Here's also my idea for OT and season scoring 3 points for a win 2 points for an OT win 1 for an OT Loss or a Shootout win 0 for losing in regulation or in a shootout also make OT 7 minute 3 on 3 like it is in the minors I don't mind the 1 point for losing in OT because you're supposed to win in 60 minutes and nobody wants to see a game end in a tie. You still reward the team for winning but they still lose one for not winning in the amount of time they SHOULD have won the game in. I also like the idea that the PWHL has been using with the Jailbreak for Penalty Kills where any goal results in a penalty ending. would make Penalty kills act more aggressively if they can actually end the PK by scoring themselves and it gives incentive for actually scoring shorthanded. and finally, I also agree with doing away with the trapezoid rule. It might be a bit more screwy because goalies have probably gotten used to it, but there's tendies out there that would absolutely take advantage of the freedom of movement again. It was a rule put in place to "Increase Scoring" in an era where scoring was rare to nonexistent. It just seems to me like it was more of a misguided attempt to hurt good goaltending and at this point it's one of the things i lament the most about the modern game of Hockey is just the massive amount of goals per game you get sometimes. I love a game that's 1-0, 2-3, 3-4 because the goals aren't just piling up and it's just who can bully the one guy between the pipes harder.

A goal on a delayed penalty should not negate the penalty.

I would like to see them call penalty's in the playoffs the same way as in the regular season, just like every other professional sporting league

Great take, my biggest frustration watching hockey lately, is when after about 10min of a period, the refs clearly call anything that's not even close to offsides to give the TV Timeout. SO Many Times I see this called when it's not close, and at a very opportune rush. This takes the game onto the backburner and putting the advertisers above the players and game integrity. Just wait until the actual next whistle, take a longer break if it's been awhile, just let the game continue if it should be.

I would prefer to bring back the tie after an overtime, rather than the OTL point. 5 min OT, 10 min OT or 20 min OT... whatever. But I don't like the 1 point for just making it to overtime. I don't like the 3-on-3 OT. And I don't like the Shootout. So, yeah, I agree with you on THAT one.

100% on the point system. You either won, tied, or lost and that's it. No more points for overtime losses.

I would change the price of the food at games cuz $24.99 for a burger, chips and water should be a war crime.

-Remove the phrase “during play” from the rule that makes ripping an opponent’s helmet off a penalty, making it a penalty at all times, including post-whistle scrums. -Call all penalties seen, and formally end “game management” as a concept, especially during the playoffs. Discipline referees who consistently put the whistle away (for example, no playoff assignments). -make deliberately trapping the puck along the boards to run down the clock a delay of game penalty, unless you are on the PK. -goaltenders may only freeze the puck under *actual* pressure. If there isn’t an opponent anywhere near the crease, delay of game penalty. -not specifically a hockey issue, but scrap all existing broadcast deals and start over. No blackouts - especially on paid services - and local sports networks can cover ALL playoff games their team plays. - 3-2-1 point system, keep overtime and shootout as is otherwise. -Call all dives. Also, it’s a legit penalty OR it’s embellishment, NEVER BOTH. -8:30ET/5:30PT puck-drop for east coast teams playing out west and vice versa -bring back “home and home” series

Goalies can be hit behind the net. It would encourage them to NOT play the puck which could open up the offense

Goalies being able to play the puck in the corner was a big factor in the dead puck era. Goalies being able to clear the puck out of the zone all the time kills offense.

I agree with all your changes except #5. If "injuries" become the determining factor for 4 minute penalties, then every player in the league will now have a 2nd career in acting.

10:09 the problem with that is you have to wait until a goal is scored before you challenge. If they were to bring this rule in you would have to allow a team to challenge without a goal being scored. Then the 2 minute penalty would make sense. How about just do away with OT altogether?

For OT play, what do you think of adding 2 minutes to the period and the offensive team can't back skate across the red line after they advance past it? So kind of like half court rules.

I would make three icings within 90 seconds a penalty.

Either (A) Call the rule book, or (B) Change the rulle book to what you are currently asking the referees to call.

I’d take away the trapezoids for the goalies. And a left field idea. If team has iced the puck and can’t change, if they use their timeout they can then change lines

Completely agree with everything. Great video.

I agree with the related idea on the offsides challenge: If the puck has stayed in the offensive zone for 15 seconds after the alleged violation, the alleged violation is not reviewable. Your defense already had 15 seconds to get the puck out. The offsides did not cause the goal.

Don’t forget how boring tied games got within the last 10 minutes and into overtime as teams tried to preserve the point. It was almost unwatchable. What about getting rid of points altogether? You mentioned baseball, they go by win percentage and so does football.

I think Leon would agree with your offsides breakdown

Back to back icing is a delay of game - cant ice the puck twice in a 15 second time period or something like that

Trapezoid gotta go. Dumbest thing they've brought in in modern times. Exactly ZERO benefits and it simply removes a whole exciting dimension from the game.

I'm old school. The "Michigan" is an abomination. My new rule, you can't carry the puck on your stick. [old man shaking his fist]

Instigator is my number 1 too. What i don't like is when they square off and one guy fakes dropping the gloves trying to get the instigator call.

time limit on challenges.... TOTALLY agree. I would even agree that you cannot challenge an offside call if the play in the zone extends more than 60 seconds of zone time unless it is a power play or if the call is horrifically wrong (and yes, I know that would need to be defined). SO agree with overtime. 20 minutes might be too long now. Make OT 10 minutes and back to a 2 point game. if there is a winner, they get two points. Tied after 70 minutes of total play. Each team gets a point. Not sure if I agree on the icing on a PK. I would agree to icing on a PK if you get rid of icing if the opposing team pulls their goalie. If you want the advantage of an extra skater, then their should be a disadvantage too, because the other team did NOT have a penalty called on them. And I know this is old school, but make the RED line mean something again. I know people think the two line pass slows the pace of the game, but with the new rinks making the ice all but universal in size, bring back the red line. Their is plenty of talent in the league to adjust to this... and maybe increase the space between the lines... how about making the red and blue lines thinner?? just my two cents. Enjoy the videos Shannon!

Remove the stupid "Brodeur" lines. Those do not belong in ice hockey. Remove the stupid commercial breaks. Those do not belong in ice hockey.

No views in 36 seconds bro fell off

11. Shorthanded goal ends a minor penalty 12. Certain minors to be full 2 min, e.g. slashing, tripping, crosschecking, no matter if PP-goal is scored 13. Reg season OT 3vs3 for 10 min, and remove bluelines. Also no allowed passes backwards over the red line, same as basketball.

The fix for the digital boards is simple… no animation during play. They can change ads between whistles and animate when a goal is scored, game/period ends. It would take a lot of pain out of the digital boards while keeping the variability for advertisers.

Big change I would make for the Overtime would help decrease the chances of seeing Shootouts in the regular season. "If any attacking player in the offensive zone intentionally leaves, and crosses the red line into their half of the rink, a two minute delay of game penalty shall be given." There are way too many OT's that have a man at the point, not liking what he sees, and just leaves the zone and 'sets it up' again. This makes the game slower, and is a reason I don't really enjoy watching OT games in the regular season. The enjoyable games are when the action goes back and forth with great chances and high levels of stress. Bringing that stress level up by adding a MUST PLAY situation will bring more excitement to the Overtime. As well as bring more chances to avoid Shootout. (Which I know many people don't like to watch.)

My problem with 3 point games is that most games are only 2 point but some are 3 points. So a team fighting to get into playoff position is hurt extra when two teams ahead of them go to overtime (which makes no sense). So my proposal: EVERY game is worth 3 points. If (and only if) the game is decided in a shootout, the winning team gets 2 points and losing team gets 1. Otherwise, the winning teams gets 3 points and the losing team 0. You want to really climb in the standings? Win your games in regulation or overtime. Additionally, I think I would go back to 4v4 overtime. 3v3 was initially a good idea to get more scoring chances in overtime (because teams were so reluctant to sacrifice a point in hand and always playing it safe). But when teams you are chasing are getting 3 points in a win, I think that disincentivizes playing it safe to get to a shootout where you would only be guaranteed 1 point, and we could possibly get to see more dynamic 4v4 hockey.

To your point on offside needing time limit, i agree but in a different way. I present 2 different scenarios. Scenario 1 Its a two or three on one attack, they cross into the offensive zone, one or two quick passes and the puck is in the back of the net. From the second(time wise) the puck crosses the blue line 7 seconds pass and the puck is in the net. Scenario 2 Offensive team breaks into the D zone to attack. They move the puck around and generate a few scoring chances. After 30-45 seconds of zone time, a shot results in a goal. I would say Scenario 1 is challenge-able, but not scenario 2.

I agree with you about just going to 1 extra period for OT/no more 3v3. But I also agree it's never gonna happen. A minor tweak I'd like to see, is to the PP during 3v3. Why do they just give the opposite team an extra skater when a penalty is called? It drives me crazy. If it's 3v3 and a penalty is called, the offending player should just go to the box. Then it's 3v2. It would open things up a little more and we just might see less of those shootouts.