I'm curious what people level of scoring people are hoping to achieve with equipment reductions since the current rate is right in line with historical patterns.
Since the early 1930s the NHL has consistently seen about 4.50 to 6.50 goals per game with two notable exceptions. World War II saw a very brief jump into the 7 and 8 goals per game range and the late '70s and '80s period that was marked by rapid expansion where we saw similar totals to WWII. In the other 65 or so years scoring has pretty consistently been between 4.50 and 6.50 goals per game with the current NHL and its roughly 5.60 G/G right in the middle.
For me, it's scoring chances not goals that are exciting. Seeing a bunch of unscreened shots from 50 feet out going in isn't going to make things more interesting.
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