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Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15
But shouldn't you have some sort of input, more than "I think that hit shouldn't be in the game"? You are the one who wants to make the changes afterall, so I would think that the responsibility of laying out some new ideas should fall to you. Discussion would then easily continue from there.
Off the top of your head, ideally what would be an acceptable amount of contact in your mind? Do you want any hit where players are not travelling in the same direction banned? Do you want it like most beer leagues where no contact is allowed? Do you want it a little more complicated where hitting is allowed but "big hits" aren't?
If you really do want to discuss the topic I feel like you should be giving a little more than "a hit like this shouldn't happen anymore".
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Personally I find it annoying when someone pretends to have all the answers when they don't.
But I'll try
The acceptable amount of contact for me is whatever is required to take the puck. So that removes "finishing the check" which I think is a big part of the overall shift that needs to be made.
I think checking should be more about stick checking, angles, and body positioning.
The challenge is figuring out what that means for open ice contact. I've been meaning to go back and watch players like Nik Lindstrom, who I view as being a model for how this should work, to sense check if
- was he more physical than I recall?
- How did he check in open ice
Body positioning is hard when players are moving on skates. But was does an open ice check look like if the intent is to get the puck, not punish the player?