Personally, the biggest things that would improve the game are:
- Make officiating more consistent. Bad reffing ruins the game
- Allow a player to get puck in the net with any part of his body. Allow kicking motion with skate, punching it in with glove, and allow a high stick. Who cares if you kick it in or not, or if you swing at the puck with a high stick and redirects it in. If you commit a foul in the process (i.e. high stick a player) you go to the box and maybe the goal is disallowed...
- Allow the goalies to handle the puck anywhere in the D zone. No more trapezoid. I've hated this rule since it came into force. It's dumb, and only limits skill
- Define what is and isn't goaltender interference and be consistent in enforcement
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