NHL experimenting with new nets

[55fan 5,133]

Seriously, I hate when people say hockey is a low scoring game and football isn't. Let's say a average score is 3-2. That equates to a 21-14 score in football, which is pretty normal. No reason to increase scoring.

I never thought of it that way, but you're absolutely right. Maybe we could keep a ton of stats like baseball. Goals, assists, hits, SOG. The score would come out looking like Wings 3-7-7-28; (other team) 2-4-6-23. That sounds like a high-scoring, action-packed game. (Little bit of sarcasm in that last part.)

[Mickeyisms Rule! 0]

How long till our lovable f***tard commissioner retires?

The NHL isn't ruined yet, so I would say we have a bit longer.

[OsGOD 3]

I don't know why the NHL thinks that scoring is so important. Their are so many other entertaining aspects to the sport.

well because the more weight they put on goal scoring the more threads it allows on LGW for how bad our goaltending is....

Basically the NHL is looking out of the masses on this site alone.

[P. Marlowe 748]

More goals equal more viewers? Perhaps. Where does the NHL need more viewers? Is it good for the game? I think it's important that anyone who wants to watch hockey has a chance to watch the game, that's all. What does it matter which sport has the most viewers? Sure everyone who's involved want more money, because it's nice to have money. You can buy things with money. You can do lots of things with money. Now, which matters more, money or hockey?

I'd love it if in the game there wasn't so many penalties with player just lightly touching another player with their stick. If you must have more goals it's a dumb way to get it by forcing more penalties. Doesn't making goalies equipment smaller do the thing? I'm fine with games ending 2-1 or 3-2. Goals are nice, but if game ends up 7-6 my amount of entertainment has most likely been diminished by bad calls or bad defending that have led to this.

[DMAC 25 18]

I'd rather the NHL experiment with a new commish.

lol i agree with you a 100%, i wish they would just go back to how thhe NHL use to be where there wasnt a penalty for touching the guy

[pjgj13 30]

One of the Leafs' players said that it made less pucks go in and that you had to be shooting from the middle of the ice to get the bounce.

EXACTLY!! Shooting from the side will result in the same thing.

What them experiment with oval shaped pucks now.

I think you have an idea!!

Another idea is to have some kind of chip put in the puck and make the goal posts and crossbar have something like a "metal detector" and that would sync with the horn and goal light and there would be NO question about a goal being scored.

Hey, they did FoxTrax!!

Another way to increase scoring is to make the goals soccer size....LOL

lol i agree with you a 100%, i wish they would just go back to how thhe NHL use to be where there wasnt a penalty for touching the guy

Agreed!!! Or farting on an opposing goalie being interference....LOL

[Datsyerberger 279]

Hm. So, basically, you can shoot at an area that's statistically the same thing as shooting at empty air register as a SOG (posts don't count as shots) and it has a good chance of resulting in a goal.

Shooting at air = goal?

Sammy's gonna be famous.

[Zetterbeard40 0]

My plan of action would be to once again make the goalies smaller. With the technology in equipment these days, there is no doubt in my mind that the goalies could once again be made smaller. Im not just talking about smaller Pads, but chest protectors, blockers, and gloves. The size of the goalies mid section makes the goalies far too big in my mind. It is apparant that nobody really wants a new net or a different or bigger net. I think the net size is perfect and should not be changed. The goalies equipment to me is far too big and is crafted to not allow any rebounds. By designing new mandatory equipment designs, the NHL could effectively increase scoring, and not change the traditional rules and regulations of the game. Something needs to be done because Im sick of seeing so many powerplays.

[stevkrause 1,247]

I'd rather the NHL experiment with a new commish.

Couldn't agree more

[Blueliner 69]

I think Bettman wants to get it back to the gretzky days where you can take a weak wrister from the blueline, score, and rack up 200 points in a season. His main motivation for doing this is to give his lover boy, crosby a slim chance to break gretzky's record. Even though that record will never be broken.

[MacK_Attack 108]

I don't know why the NHL thinks that scoring is so important. Their are so many other entertaining aspects to the sport.

I think the general thought is that if they found ways to make scoring easier, then teams would base their "systems" around scoring goals, not preventing them.

[wingsnut25 10]

I noticed in the article, that they said, most of the shots from the outside, went wide of the net (and behind the red line)

With the current design, some pucks bounce into the crease, or a few feet in front of the crease, keeping the puck in an area where it can easily be shot in the net. With the angled post, the early , with the new posts, it seems like this would not happen as often.

Im glad that the N.H.L. is looking at options other then expanding the nets. Has anyone seen any numbers on the volume of goals this year compared to previous years? It seems like every time I look at the scores around the league, I see one or two games that are 5-4 or 6-5. (Im still not sure more scoring is going to bring a ton of fans to the game)

[Echolalia 2,961]

The nhl obviously doesn't understand the laws of physics. As supported by the Leafs, this will only increase scoring if you can shoot the puck into the angle that aims into the net, which requires a player be directly in front of the net, and not off to either side. Otherwise pucks will be bouncing either to the area exactly opposite you on the other side of the net (should the puck hit the post on the flat end), or directly into the corner (should it hit the outside curvature).

[dat's sick 1,002]

Yep, this is the main problem of the sport right now. The shape of the goalposts. Glad they have their best guys on it, no need to worry about fixing the things that are actually BROKEN.

[drwscc 212]

We should just clone Ozzie, and have all 30 teams play him every night. Guaranteed increase in scoring!

I keed, I keed.

[b.shanafan14 733]

I'm for anything they want to do that isn't changing the size of the nets. Do whatever you want with the posts as long as its safe for the plays, just don't change the size.