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Originally Posted by MattyC
I agree with you Zunie that players and goalies will adapt no matter what. Every year the players get better and that includes goalies, but thats really beside the point. Any change made to the game, no matter how large or small, will be adapted to at some point, but that doesn't negate the need for it. And you never know, maybe you expose some guys that were riding the advantage and didn't deserve their place, talent wise. And if they can so easily adapt there wouldn't be any type of outrage from goaltenders.
Also on the opposite side of the coin, players will adapt too. They will adapt to new holes and angles to score from.
Now, I don't think there is an issue where scoring needs to go up. I just think a lot of the equipment is unnecessary. Can a defenseman have a big plastic wing coming out his side so he's harder to go around? No. If people don't like the way the game is paced or the amount of scoring involved there are plenty of other sports to pique their interest. Basketball has each team make about 50 "scores" per game. If you think thats exciting then go enjoy.
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Definitely true. The only reason I argue this point is that I think fans and useless players want size changes because they have personal grudges going, like after last nights game for example. The "lets find and excuse for losing" game.
Because the goalies will adapt, a different solution to increase scoring (if you believe that leads to increased entertainment) is needed. The only fair way to do that is unfortunately the most impossible one, and that's go to Olympic sized ice. Which would allow for more creativity and room with the puck.
I think goalies are very reluctant to decrease size in part because of legitimate injury concerns (there only a small population of people in the world who can tell you what an NHLers slap shot feels like, so i'm more likely to listen to them voice their concern about injuries than I am a guy who has never strapped on the pads) and another part is I think they just don't like "being picked on", being the guys with the most responsibility on the ice but constantly being told they have to change.