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Originally Posted by MarkGio
Plus hockey has reduced its spontaneity. I remember Iginla flying down the wing and letting a slapper go from 20ft out and it somehow whizzed by the tender. You think its a nothing event, and then SURPRISE!! That's excitement. But so many goalies are such big butterfliers with .910+ percentages that only the most quality shots beat them. So you know every single shot from Gaudreau or Monahan from anywhere but the slot or perfect set-up is going to result in nothing. You become apathetic to what is defined as a "scoring chance event". It then becomes closer to soccer.
That's one thing I like about basketball is the spontaneity. Sometimes Steph Curry just drains it from 40ft away with a hand in his face. Or Westbrook drives to the crowded net with hands everywhere and somehow he does some backwards twisting somersault to get the ball in the basket. That's excitement.
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Excellent points on all sports... What do you think can be done to make hockey better then? Do we need smaller goalies that have more 'oops' moments? Less coaching? (thinking about analysts up in the suites watching the game armed with laptops and then passing info down to the assistant coaches earpieces)
Personally, I think hockey needs to open up scoring so that the mentality of the game is to score more than your opponents. Currently the mentality is to give up less goals than your opponent. I don't see it as semantics but as a philosophical way that the game is now played compared to 20 or 30 years ago. Not exactly sure on what changes need to be made, but I think rule modifications are needed to counter the bigger and better goalies compared to years past.