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Flamescuprun2018 · 09-06-2016, 09:31 PM

Some links to the subject:
http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/is...ill-thinks-so/

https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nh...223717108.html

Excerpt from Yahoo Sports favoring goalie equipment change:

"If you shrink the size of goalie equipment in the NHL, other levels of hockey aren’t all that affected. If you change the size of the goal cage, you basically have to make sure that every other level of competitive hockey in North America is down with that idea, too. There’s no sense in having a player demoted to the AHL firing on a differently-sized net.

There’s even a construction consideration, too. Creating a wider net means putting new holes in arena cement. Campbell said you’d need to x-ray the floor of arenas to make sure it doesn’t puncture a pipe or something.

But the biggest consideration for the NHL in making the nets bigger?

What if it doesn’t increase goal scoring?

It’s easy to do. You can’t tell the nets are bigger. But it’s not that easy to do because you gotta make the decision that this is going to work, and satisfy your goal scoring problems."

09-06-2016, 09:31 PM	#4
Flamescuprun2018 Scoring Winger Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Calgary Exp:	Some links to the subject: http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/is...ill-thinks-so/ https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nh...223717108.html Excerpt from Yahoo Sports favoring goalie equipment change: "If you shrink the size of goalie equipment in the NHL, other levels of hockey aren’t all that affected. If you change the size of the goal cage, you basically have to make sure that every other level of competitive hockey in North America is down with that idea, too. There’s no sense in having a player demoted to the AHL firing on a differently-sized net. There’s even a construction consideration, too. Creating a wider net means putting new holes in arena cement. Campbell said you’d need to x-ray the floor of arenas to make sure it doesn’t puncture a pipe or something. But the biggest consideration for the NHL in making the nets bigger? What if it doesn’t increase goal scoring? It’s easy to do. You can’t tell the nets are bigger. But it’s not that easy to do because you gotta make the decision that this is going to work, and satisfy your goal scoring problems."