Gestern war ein Meeting aller NHL General Manager. Dabei wurden auch neue Ideen für Regeländerungen auf den Tisch gebracht über die jetzt diskutiert werden soll. Ziel ist es mehr Tore zu bekommen.
"One of the things the NHL doesn't want to prevent is offense, which is why Larry Pleau (GM St. Louis) believes the League should investigate the merits of making delayed penalties last longer.
His idea is that if a penalty occurs in the attacking zone, the defensive team that committed the foul should not just have to touch the puck for the whistle to blow, but clear it completely out of the zone."
Mit der Regel könnte ich mich anfreunden.
"Bob Gainey (GM Montreal) brought forth another interesting idea regarding blocked shots. He would like to see them limited, which in turn will foster more offense because more pucks would be getting through to the net.
How do you limit blocked shots?
Ken Holland (GM Detroit) explained that the discussion centered around people leaving their feet or sliding to the ice to block a shot.
"The discussion today was you can have one skate on the ice and it's OK to block a shot, but if both skates are off the ice it would lead to a delay of game (penalty),"
Das klingt für mich doch etwas abstrus und schwer zu kontrollieren.