Comments on: The one rule the NHL Research & Development Camp should be testing but isn’t

By: derpdederpdederp

derpdederpdederp — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 02:24:52 +0000

Cherry has been pushing for that for years. Unfortunately asking Gary Bettman to think logically is like asking a fish to dance: even if he somehow understood the request hed have no clue how to do it

By: derpdederpdederp

derpdederpdederp — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 02:21:06 +0000

solid response, although you shouldnt have wasted so much time on a guy that obviously started watching hockey in the last few years and obviously has no idea what the games about. anyone that likes this rule is NOT a hockey fan or even a reasonable person. with the exception of taking out the red line on passes the post-lockout rule changes were complete foolishness by a midget whose intelligence rivals Ralph Wiggum. get Gary a job more suited to him like grocery bagger or gas station attendant

By: derpdederpdederp

derpdederpdederp — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 02:13:05 +0000

Completely agree, its a ridiculous rule put in place soley to generate more PPG. its like penalizing offsides or icing. Don Cherry always says its gonna cost a team the Cup. it already cost Canada a world championship (not that that tourny matters), a commisioner with a middle school education would never have put this rule in or at least wouldve gotten rid of it by now. I guess to Gary more goals is a good thing even if they are pathetic gifts

By: islandersfan

islandersfan — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:42:28 +0000

One other one I would love to see is the no touch icing rule. Every year a number of guys get hurt from rushing towards the boards and its just not necessary.

By: stakex

stakex — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:00:23 +0000

Wrong. The NHL was looking for any and all ways to make up new penelties after the lockout. More penelty calls = more goals…. or so the theory goes. It never had a whole lot to do with a desire for guys to keep the puck lower. Even if that was the desire (it wasn’t) its not working.

As for game slow down, your also wrong. If anything, this rule is slowing play down itself. Lets be clear… there was no issue with guys throwing the puck into the crowd on purpose before this rule was put in place. In fact, there was always a rule on the books for intentionaly throwing the puck out of play…. so adding this rule was never going to cut down on the amount of pucks put over the glass. Thus, this rule is NOT speeding play up at all. In fact, its working the other way around. Now, instead of just being a quick faceoff afterward… it leads to a powerplay, which itself can lead to slower play (more goalie stoppages, more pucks dumped down the ice, more stoppages from goals).

Not to mention the zero tollerance nature of the rule means teams can be penelized for this idiotic rule at the worst time… like during playoff overtime games. That would be a hell of a way to lose a game now wouldn’t it?

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Side Note: High sticking is a penelty no matter what because you can really hurt someone with your stick. If you smack someone in the face, its a penelty because your hitting another player in the damn face. How does that at all compare to accidently throwing a puck over the glass? There is such a difference between the two, that might have been the worst comparisson I have ever heard.

By: cjn728

cjn728 — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:15:56 +0000

Should we also only penalize high sticks that are “obviously intentional”? Most are accidental.
The rule is set up to make guys keep the puck low at all custs, thus increasing the chances of it being stopped at the blue line, thus increasing the chances of goals being scored.
Any let up on this rule will lead to an “acceptable” amount of game delay and game slow down I don’t want either of those things. .