I agree that hockey is far superior now. And it SHOULD be hard to score. Having said that, I wouldn't mind if there were a small increase in the number of goals - not back to 7.5/game like in the 80s, but maybe back near 6.0 from the current 5.3/game.
If it came down to bigger nets vs smaller equipment, I would be 100% on the side of smaller equipment. We don't have to go back to 60's pads like the pic above, but we could get things a little more normalized without risking the safety of the goalies at all.
Changing the net sizes throws history on its ear. Just make the goalie equipment a little smaller and that is good enough.
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