Goalscoring is down because defenses and goaltending are so good. If you want to improve the quality of the product, artificially boosting the amount of bad angle softies that trickle through instead of hitting the post isn't the solution. A bigger net doesn't mean more scoring chances.
1) Do something about offsides. I get that it's a rule to stop cherrypicking but it ends up just punishing teams for one player being a quarter of a half-step ahead of the play and letting defenses get set up again.
2) Do something about interference away from the puck. If it were called like it was in 2007 then you get more power plays, which means more actual opportunity to generate scoring chances.
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For those who say it's not hockey, look at Gretzky's numbers. Orr's. Was that not hockey?
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It was a primitive hockey before butterfly goaltending and defensive systems. It was a worse product on the ice with a better looking final score. And that doesn't mean those weren't great players. But would you rather see Crosby play in the NHL or Crosby return to Junior to feast on kids?
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Those numbers could never be replicated today.
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And no one in the NBA will ever approach Wilt Chamberlain's numbers. Yet the solution in that sport isn't to implement a 10 second shot clock to inflate numbers. All sports evolve. Jordan's career high of 69 points isn't even close to Wilt's 100, and Lebron's triple double numbers pale in comparision to Oscar Robertson, but that doesn't stop people from appreciating what these players do in their own era. Trying to compare apples-to-apples across era is a waste of energy.
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Is the abominable snowman in net hockey?
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It is very literally natural selection causing the evolution in hockey.