Improving the game is a great off season topic, but this these discussions always seem to put the cart before the horse by assuming the problem and desired outcome are known. As we can see by the responses in this thread, there is not a concencus on what this.
If we really want to get somewhere I think a series of discussions would be needed to dig into the problem. Like:
1) What do you enjoy about the game? Why is that? And why is that? And why is that?
3) What do you not enjoy about the game? Why is that? And why is that? And why is that?
3) Establish criteria to evaluate solutions based on the findings from #1 and #2.
4) Brainstorm possible solutions.
5) Using the criteria established in #3 rate the different solutions.
6) Repeat #4 and #5, refining and pivoting until a solution(s) are a clear winner.
I don't know about you, but I could amuse myself with that until hockey comes back.
I would hope the NHL follows a similar process, but using only data for #1 and #2. Opinions, intuition, and emotions are how bad decisions are made.
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