I came to hockey as an adult - not from birth like most of you. I was a typical american kid crazy about baseball when I was a twerp. I expanded to basketball and later football, but I didn't see hockey until I was full grown and it is a completely different perspective than growing up with the game.
One thing that was instantly, obviously different was that baseball was completely mature. The 'modern era' of baseball started in about 1901 when the AL and the NL first decided to hold a 'world series'. Very little about the game had changed since then.
Hockey is still in it's infancy imo. One might argue that the 'modern era' started in 2005 or might even argue that it hasn't started yet.
If people really want more scoring, the game would have to take a radical change. ALL team sports have become more defensive in nature as time passes.
Forget the size of the goals or even less effective, the goalie equipment.
The BOG have to decide if they want to continue THIS game or change it to something else. That something else might be better - who knows - we haven't seen it yet. You KNOW there were people that insisted that inclusion of the forward pass would ruin the game. That the game has ALWAYS been played this way etc...
I love the game as it is - I say that there is no need to change it. I liked the way this post season went... many games were 0-0 going into the 3rd and then all hell breaks loose after the first goal was scored leading to an exciting 2-1 finish.
But if you want to make changes to allow more scoring - think big. I wouldn't mind a game were 7-11 final scores were the norm. At least I'd give it a try.
Crazy idea #1 - allow only 4 defenders in the defending zone. That means that the 5th player has to be outside the blueline. A cherry picker? Sure, but he would also be hell on the offensive players playing the point. Yes, it's a different game - might be a good game - dunno.
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