Comments on: Wild GM Fletcher on hybrid icing: ‘It’s a no-brainer’

By: shortsxit34

shortsxit34 — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:02:07 +0000

Sunder,
Hybrid icing does prevent injuries on close plays. Unless the offensive team is clearly going to win the race, the play is blown down.

By: jdrew506

jdrew506 — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:29:27 +0000

Do you not know the rules as they are today? Icing has nothing to do with leaving a player at the other teams goal hoping for a Hail Mary pass, that is offsides. Icing is too keep teams from shooting the puck to the other end of the ice when they are in trouble of possibly given up a goal without being penalized for it. In the case of icing the penalty is a face off in your zone.

By: greatminnesotasportsmind

greatminnesotasportsmind — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:36:37 +0000

Then you’ll have some gimmicky team keep one player down by the opposing goal, when that players team gets the puck, they will either send it down the boards or a long pass.

By: valoisjoeybfeld69

valoisjoeybfeld69 — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:52:15 +0000

How about putting in rules to eliminate the icing all together. I hate this freaken play. Find a way to kill it. It may lead to increased scoring. The GMs may be addressing the reduced avergae goals per game since 05-06 during the upcoming meetings.

By: atwatercrushesokoye

atwatercrushesokoye — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:30:11 +0000

Just go to no touch icing already, the “excitement” of a race to the puck isn’t worth the injury risks. Add to that the fact that if there’s any doubt (or the linesman is behind the play) they’ll just end up calling it icing regardless of who touched the puck first.

By: JoeAvg

JoeAvg — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:12:25 +0000

I know one of the ideas that was tossed about was that the race was actually to the hash marks of the faceoff circle, not as far as the puck. If the defender reached there first – whistle. But you make a valid point, this only cuts down on some the chances of injury, not all. Never a perfect world though.

By: valoisjoeybfeld69

valoisjoeybfeld69 — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:52:12 +0000

Ok. Basketball it is. Thank you.

Now back to hockey. Avg. number of goals scored per game in 05-06 was 6.11. Last year’s average was 5.32. If you study the history of the hockey, matter of fact, any sport, you will notice that it’s changes that made the sports what they are today. At one time the forward pass was not permitted. Thankfully some innovators were able to see how the game can be better if that rule was changed. There are hundreds of these examples ranging from the on ice play to the equipment used.

By: greatminnesotasportsmind

greatminnesotasportsmind — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:43:27 +0000

If you think icing isn’t an issue, talk to Kurtis Foster who didn’t break his leg, but his femur (which I guess is your leg, but to make my point not making you use Webmd.com. He lost nearly 2 years of his career because if that.

By: tatdue

tatdue — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:36:20 +0000

Nothing need be done to increase scoring, and an increase in scoring does nothing to create less ties! The game itself is entertaining. If you need to see more scoring for you to be entertained then become a basketball fan. A great defensive play, or a good check are just as entertaining as a goal. People need to quit messing with the game…it’s already the greatest game!

By: 950003cups

950003cups — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:24:36 +0000

Im all for no touch icing. I liked it in the Olympics.

By: sunderlanding

sunderlanding — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:24:28 +0000

The problem with this is that most accidents that occur during an icing happen because the race for the puck is close. Hybrid icing doesn’t really solve this problem. The point in touch icing is that it’s only exciting if it’s close. If they really want to solve the injury problem they should just go to no-touch icing.

By: valoisjoeybfeld69

valoisjoeybfeld69 — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:18:11 +0000

stakex, should the players decide whether or not they should accept the risk associated with the touch icing?

It’s nice to see that some are looking for the player’s safety. You have to protect players when you can, and adjust the rules to be in sync with the game. This and the mandatory visors should be discussed considering how the game has changed.

The league should be looking at what can be done to increase scoring. 1) more entertaining 2) less games determined by shoot outs 3) les ties.

Also, drug testing will begin for the first time this summer for approximately 50+ randomly selected players. I suppose they need to define some of the logistics, or perhaps that was done during the last bargaining agreement.

By: crashtheboards55

crashtheboards55 — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:17:07 +0000

Wow you must be a real rocket scientist for a comment like that.

By: georgejarkko

georgejarkko — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:16:20 +0000

barely on topic -

DEATH TO THE TRAPEZOID!!!

By: sjsharks66

sjsharks66 — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:06:25 +0000

Damn, just wrap the players in bubble wrap already.