This is the only place where "puck battles" are glorified and referred to as what's missing in hockey.
Yeah, it's SUPER exciting watching players huddled around one spot on the boards, kicking, grabbing and pulling at each other for 20 seconds. That's the pinnacle of hockey...
The '05 lockout rule changes were awesome. No red line, touch up offside, no shooting the puck over the boards and obviously taking out clutching and grabbing all made the game better.
Some of you must be having "back in my day" syndrome.
(I can't comment on the state of the game before the '00s, however)