Ongoing NHL Thread

[Cobiemonster]

Why don't we just get rid of the trapezoid all together?

My guess is that it would possibly limit the offense?

 

[mattola]

My guess is that it would possibly limit the offense?

with the amount of goalies that actually cant handle the puck I think it may help

i hated that addition. guys like Turco and Brodeur who worked so hard to earn that skill got screwed by it

 

[dash]

with the amount of goalies that actually cant handle the puck I think it may help

i hated that addition. guys like Turco and Brodeur who worked so hard to earn that skill got screwed by it

Exactly - Get rid of it and let goalies play the puck more and we'll see fewer defensemen get rammed into the endboards from behind. C'mon NHL, it's not that complicated.

 

[Cobiemonster]

with the amount of goalies that actually cant handle the puck I think it may help

i hated that addition. guys like Turco and Brodeur who worked so hard to earn that skill got screwed by it

Since you mentioned that, maybe it will help - because it'll force the slower d-men to try and get the puck and when they can't the goals will go up

Does taking the trapezoid out help the goalies as far as safety and help? There could be different schools of thought

 

[mattola]

Since you mentioned that, maybe it will help - because it'll force the slower d-men to try and get the puck and when they can't the goals will go up

Does taking the trapezoid out help the goalies as far as safety and help? There could be different schools of thought

doesnt seem to make a difference for safety now. I dont have a problem with body contact on goalies outside the front area of the net and in the crease, anything behind you should not be allowed to hit them but you should be able to force your way through in the back like you would against a dman against the boards when fighting for a puck. goalies like smith and quick like to be physcially involved with players when they are back there, that shouldnt be allowed.

 

[Cobiemonster]

doesnt seem to make a difference for safety now. I dont have a problem with body contact on goalies outside the front area of the net and in the crease, anything behind you should not be allowed to hit them but you should be able to force your way through in the back like you would against a dman against the boards when fighting for a puck. goalies like smith and quick like to be physcially involved with players when they are back there, that shouldnt be allowed.

I do agree about players being able to get past the goalies - you shouldn't be able to hit them but at the same time I see many plays where players get called for goalie interference when all they're trying to do is get by the goalie, but they just don't have the room to do it - it's not that fair on the players, what are they supposed to do there? It should be a two way street, maybe they can do a right-a-way? If the goalie goes behind the back of the net first, then the attacking player can't go in that area, and vice versa if the player goes behind the net first, the goalie has to stay in his net?

 

[forty_three]

Interesting

Hank Lundquist is probably the number 1 requester. He flirts with that line SOOO much.

Why don't we just get rid of the trapezoid all together?

Marty hasn't retired yet

So the center can keep cheating on the faceoff and have to back up and go back in a few times, thus getting rest. Will have to hear more about how this is going to be implemented. Only way it could work is if a center is tossed, he can't be replaced.Basically a "gimme" for the attacking forward.

doesnt seem to make a difference for safety now. I dont have a problem with body contact on goalies outside the front area of the net and in the crease, anything behind you should not be allowed to hit them but you should be able to force your way through in the back like you would against a dman against the boards when fighting for a puck. goalies like smith and quick like to be physcially involved with players when they are back there, that shouldnt be allowed.

Gonna be a real fine line. I don't wanna see goalies get lined up and hit hard, but it is kind of dumb that they can move without anyone getting near them. Maybe they are safe inside the trapezoid, but they can go anywhere. Outside the trapezoid, contact/tie ups are allowed.

 

[Cobiemonster]

So the center can keep cheating on the faceoff and have to back up and go back in a few times, thus getting rest. Will have to hear more about how this is going to be implemented. Only way it could work is if a center is tossed, he can't be replaced.Basically a "gimme" for the attacking forward.

If the center cheats on the faceoff in that situation he gets a penalty? Maybe that'd prevent that from happening?

 

[sbb122]

Why don't we just get rid of the trapezoid all together?

Why are you trying to bring common sense to the NHL???

 

[IPostedWhat]

The hockey fans of Buffalo are proving that their passion for the sport does not wane, even when the Sabres have a miserable points percentage — the worst in their history.

The enthusiasm of Buffalonians is local, national and yearlong.

Buffalo was the highest-rated market in the regular season for NBC and NBCSN’s national games and, with Sabres games, generated the second-highest local cable rating in the N.H.L. (Pittsburgh had the highest.)

For Game 1 of the finals, Buffalo’s 8.5 rating ranked second; for Game 2, Buffalo ranked third, with an 8.1 rating. (That game generated a 10.5 rating in the New York market, the highest in history for an N.H.L. game on NBC or NBCSN.) And for Game 7 of the Western Conference finals, between the Kings and the Blackhawks, Buffalo had a 7.3 rating, second to Chicago’s.

For Buffalo, Few Points on the Ice but Plenty in the TV Ratings

 

[sherbert1421]

Always had a soft spot for buffalo and its fans after they got jobbed on the Stanley cup winning goal in 99 and then the hole in the net fiasco in 2000

 

[puckhead]

If the center cheats on the faceoff in that situation he gets a penalty? Maybe that'd prevent that from happening?

if you cheat a second time on a face off now, it's supposed to be a penalty.
I read a suggestion somewhere that if you cheat on the draw, you will need to attempt to take it from 6 inches further back
interesting thought.

 

[Comeds]

I'd like to see players that are basically untouchable handle the puck as little as possible. So while I do think it's goofy, I'm OK with the trapazoid.

 

[forty_three]

Competition Committee: Embellishment is ?out of control? | ProHockeyTalk

NHL Competition Committee also states that water is wet.

Article used the wrong picture of Nash.

 

[forty_three]

 

[pixburgher66]

I'm really interested to see where he ends up...he's been such a mainstay in Ottawa. Going to be odd.

 

[forty_three]

Kovalchuk Return? Rumor Firestorm Engulfs Twitter

I believe that all the best talent belongs in the best league, but this would be a complete mess if it happens.

I am thinking "jackass on Twitter stirring shit" on this one.

 

[Cobiemonster]

Kovalchuk Return? Rumor Firestorm Engulfs Twitter

I believe that all the best talent belongs in the best league, but this would be a complete mess if it happens.

I am thinking "jackass on Twitter stirring shit" on this one.

I agree on this, but who knows

 

[mattola]

Kovalchuk Return? Rumor Firestorm Engulfs Twitter

I believe that all the best talent belongs in the best league, but this would be a complete mess if it happens.

I am thinking "jackass on Twitter stirring shit" on this one.

NHL and the Devils need to take a stand if this is true. it cost them a draft pick to sign him and they lost him for this crap. Dont let him back. would be pretty spineless league/team if they did

 

[dash]

Jumbo Jim willing to waive NTC if fans want him to go...

https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/n...-if-sharks-fans-want-him-to-go-183643392.html