All quotes from Pierre LeBrun Twitter
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One item that gained significant traction in GM Meetings today is if a skater loses his helmet, he must come off the ice immediately. Similar to what AHL and other leagues have already instituted.
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The league also hopes to get to a point where helmets are mandatory in pre game warmup. Which is long overdue. But that would also need to go through proper channels to become a rule. Meaning NHLPA consent.
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Another rule recommention from the GMs: teams going on the power play will choose which side they want the faceoff to be. Only on first faceoff to begin the power play. Obvious advantage for power play team. The AHL already does this.
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GMs discussed the merits of one-minute penalty in OT instead of traditional two minutes. But not enough support. So no change there. One concern was maybe fewer OTs would be decided and result in more shootouts which GMs don’t want
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GMs also endorsed the idea of having clocks in the corner boards in all 31 rinks. Which we saw in the outdoor games. Will require Board of Governors approval
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There were a few other things discussed, like suspended players not counting towards the cap and removing the O from ROW as a tiebreaker, but I don’t think anything else had enough support.