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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I believe the league would if it could but the players union has to agree and goaltenders are always going to claim it's a safety thing even if we all know they are using oversize equipment to stop pucks. They will just claim the players are shooting the puck harder, going to the net harder, etc. Making the nets slightly larger is likely the only thing that can be done here.
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Agreed. The goalie safety thing is a ruse. There is probably no one today firing the puck harder than Bobby Hull did in 1961.