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Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
I watched hockey in the 80's and it was fun because there were a lot of mistakes. But don't confuse that with 'good' hockey, it was actually pretty bad. Team defense was almost non-existent and the goalies were not great and had minimal padding. And the hooking, holding and interference was out of control. I don't mind trying to come up with ways to make the game better but I also don't think we should be pining for the way the game was played in the 80's.
As for amount of goals scored, I really don't care if a game is 1-0 or 7-6, as long as there are scoring chances. You can have 1-0 games with plenty of scoring chances, a low scoring game doesn't automatically mean it was boring to watch.
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I agree and true hockey fans understand this but to grow the game south of the border we need more goals. multiple 50-60 goals scorers get people talking and create excitement
Shrink the goalie equipment to early 80's style and scoring will go up by a lot IMO. Gloves are huge, every goalie looks like their a very wide 300lbs and because of the size of the pads there seemingly isn't a 5 hole any more.
Here's Mike Liut, one of the biggest goalies in the NHL back then at about 6'3..he looks small compared to todays goalies.
