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Originally Posted by PostandIn

During the second intermission of last nights game, and in various other places throughout hockeydom, the talking heads had a discussion about making the nets bigger. Although I've been a traditionalist on this topic til now, I think the concept of maintaining a goalie to net ratio that is conducive to more goals would be an improvement to today's game.

For me the game is not as exciting as it used to be and massive goalies, bigger players and sophisticated defensive schemes all play a part in stifling offence. Three or four-way passing plays off the rush are almost extinct (excepting a handful of number one lines, i.e. Crosby, Benn, Toews, Gaudreau). There seems to be as many goals bounced in off skates and legs as there is on two-on-ones or three-on-two's. We know that making the ice surface bigger is a non-starter, and defensive systems, line-matching, etc., cannot be legislated out of the game, so is making nets bigger a place where the NHL should go?

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