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Originally Posted by Beatle17
Also, as Orr stated, has scoring increased because of the new rules? The answer is no, the coaches adapt and coach the scoring out of the game to win. As many people stated when the red line was removed to make the game like the European game, the game has become boring on most nights.
All teams now jam the front of the net on defense and block shots then dump the puck to the far blue line for a chip in and change. The teams that have actually become successful are the teams that attack up the ice as five man units with short quick passes. I hope they get rid of the no red line rule and the touch up offsides, it hasn't made the game any faster.
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I might be fine with bringing back the red line, but if you do that you need to push the blue lines back closer to the nets in order to make the neutral zone big enough to avoid a bunch of two line offside passes. Though if you push the blue lines closer to the nets the offensive zone will be cramped, unless you push the nets back closer to the back boards like they were before.
So it's not as easy to just say add back the red line and it will make the game better. You have to go back and remember all the reasons the NHL made all the previous changes and see if they really worked.