I really hope they go extreme like they did on restraining fouls. Stick should be to play the puck and not the player. And by extreme, I mean no chops to the backs of the legs in front, no stick on stick slashes, nothing.
I suspect they will move to something like 'glove and up', similar to what it was after the first lockout. The problem with glove and up is very similar to bobble head (looking at you Bonino!!) with high sticks, players will flap their hands in an attempt to draw a penalty.
Maybe they can make 'shaft and up' a thing. . .
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