Ongoing NHL Thread - Part Brock and Roll Four Lines

[esls79]

Here's a freebie for Gary (not that he reads this board). The NHL needs to bring in a challenge system much like other sports have to review obvious missed calls by officials. A coach gets to throw a challenge flag once per game for the officials to review and deem whether or not they missed a penalty and if they did, penalize the offending player.

Exhibit A was last night in the Rangers vs. Flames game - Jimmy Vesey nailed Adam Ruzicka from behind right in the numbers into the boards. It was a clear boarding penalty and in my mind, worthy of 5 and a game. Of course, no penalty was called.

You wonder why fans are tuning out the NHL and get frustrated watching officials miss clear fouls committed on the ice? Having a challenge sytem would certainly help alleviate some of the fan disgruntlement.

Sounds good except change challenge flag to challenge bench.

 

[dash]

Sounds good except change challenge flag to challenge bench.

Do you mean like Robbie Ftorek and throw part of the bench on the ice?

 

[esls79]

Do you mean like Robbie Ftorek and throw part of the bench on the ice?

Precisely

 

[dash]

A couple more suggestions:

1. No icing permitted while shorthanded - If you ice the puck while killing a penalty, play is whistled dead and the puck comes right back to the defensive zone of the shorthanded team.
2. You serve the entire two minutes of a minor penalty - Self-explanatory, a team scoring a PP goal does not allow the player in the box to return to action, he sits there for the entire two minutes and the team on the PP can score as many goals as they like before the penalty time is elapsed (the only downside with this rule change is that the Oilers might actually win the Cup)

 

[Comeds]

You know, instead of being afraid of MLB and NFL, why not take them on? Or if you think people prefer viewing other sports to the NHL, how about trying to fix your product? I guess that would mean actually doing some work though, right Gary?

The only league I might (might not too) try to schedule around would be the NFL. The rest, even playoffs, I would go right up against. MLB and NBA ratings are not so scary good the league needs to worry about them. Defeatist mentality.

Do they think that MLB worries about going up against the NHL playoffs in the spring?

 

[thedddd]

A couple more suggestions:

1. No icing permitted while shorthanded - If you ice the puck while killing a penalty, play is whistled dead and the puck comes right back to the defensive zone of the shorthanded team.
2. You serve the entire two minutes of a minor penalty - Self-explanatory, a team scoring a PP goal does not allow the player in the box to return to action, he sits there for the entire two minutes and the team on the PP can score as many goals as they like before the penalty time is elapsed (the only downside with this rule change is that the Oilers might actually win the Cup)

Let’s add puck roulette. After a random number of shots taken the puck explodes.

 

[Comeds]

Handshake line after the end of every game. And every period.

 

[dash]

Let’s add puck roulette. After a random number of shots taken the puck explodes.

That already happens every time the puck is on Lucic's stick.

 

[esls79]

Handshake line after the end of every game. And every period.

Are there handshakes in the bank too?

 

[thedddd]

That already happens every time the puck is on Lucic's stick.

Nut shots should be legal.

 

[dash]

Nut shots should be legal.

The De-keyser is Sore-ze after that one.

 

[dash]

Jack Hughes might be the best player in the NHL.

 

[thedddd]

Jack Hughes might be the best player in the NHL.

Sadly no one outside the hockey community knows who he is.

 

[dash]

Sadly no one outside the hockey community knows who he is.

He wrote and directed all those great movies in the 80's, right?

 

[puckhead]

Sadly no one outside the hockey community knows who he is.

and Hughes was not familiar with "Hemsky Corner"

 

[dash]

and Hughes was not familiar with "Hemsky Corner"

Robyn Regehr likes this.

 

[forty_three]

Sadly no one outside the hockey community knows who he is.

Maybe we should ask Connor Bedard's mom what she thinks of him. Get him some exposure.

 

[buffhockey]

I thought this was interesting way to recap the other night.

 

[dash]

Shane, what are you doing?

 

[Comeds]

Maybe we should ask Connor Bedard's mom what she thinks of him. Get him some exposure.

Maybe they should set him up with a pop star! Lol the NHL would probably try to set him up with Alannah Myles