Comments on: Hockey is no longer fun: From a true hockey hero

By: devfanman4

devfanman4 — Thu, 20 Nov 2003 14:27:18 +0000

Hockey’s not boring, it’s frustrating. Screw all the suggestions about making the rink bigger, goalie pads smaller, etc……CALL PENALTIES THE WAY THEY WERE MEANT TO BE CALLED. That’s it. We’ll have a much more exciting game because no one will want to grab a hold of someone in the neutral zone because they know they’ll get a penalty.

By: Tradedude

Tradedude — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:41:10 +0000

You know what? I think we should just get a rule that has a limit on saves. 20 per game!!!! Use the trap, clutch and grab, don;t mattter it won't do shit if we have a limit on saves! I hope Marc Andre Fluery isn't reading this!

Just a thought, a really dum one!! that will never happen! hehe

By: Tradedude

Tradedude — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:38:20 +0000

ur insane, pads as thick as the goalies legs ???

I think calling cluthing and grabbing or getting a major for usage of the trap could help as well as Don Cherry's super duper 'no touch icing' and bigger ice, and i seen an article i think it was made by a really good sports analyst i think brophy (ya he rules im serious!) that wanted thicker blue lines, i love that idea, i read that article over and over again and it gets more exciting each and every team i read it. That could help, as well as a "20 saves per game" rule! HA!!! That would be sick!! But I'm crazy!!!

-out

J.R.

By: markjohnston

markjohnston — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:00:37 +0000

they should do everything to keep the game exciting for fans.

ditch the red line, widen the rinks, cut the room behind the net to prevent goalies from wandering, increase the curve of sticks OR cut down goalie's gear more.

one of the better ideas I've heard is take the average size of goalies 20 years ago and the average size now. if it's a 10% increase, increase the net size 10%.

and don't preach to me about "hockey's tradition". the tradition of hockey is simple. a FAST, EXCITING game on ice with a goalie, forwards and d-men for each team. the numbers, systems and rules can all change around this to keep it a FAST and EXCITING game.

By: infoengine

infoengine — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 15:09:10 +0000

it is obvious why hockey is getting broing. Ever played a hockey video game? What makes is fun? Well hitting is always fun but there is defintely enough hitting in the NHL (too many injuries.) What makes those games fun is the scoring. In the NHL the goalies are so huge and so is their padding. I say we make the goalie padding as small as possible (as small as it is safe). The smaller the goalie padding is the more will be scored goals and as a biproduct, more stellar saves. what do u think?

By: wayne2

wayne2 — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 14:28:20 +0000

Another rule that they should enforce is to stop all

the clutchin,grabbing,hooking and anything that slows the game down and prevents great fast

skating players from reaching their full potential.

I saw a hockey game late one night(on cbc,dont

know why they stopped doing it) between the islanders and the oilers in the playoffs around

1984 and it was great fast skatinghard hitting

offensive hockey that was extremely exciting to

watch.I miss those days.If the WHA ever sees

the day and they apply those rules and bring back

this kind of hockey the NHL would better do

something or they`ll loose a lot of fans.

By: Zamboni

Zamboni — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 13:33:58 +0000

Our rinks are too small to allow use of the trap. That's another reason why it wasn't such a game killer when it originated in Europe.

IMO, it's gotta go or we've gotta make our ice bigger so it isn't so easy to use the trap.