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Originally Posted by dissentowner
Was hoping they would discuss getting rid of the stupid shootout. Nobody likes it.
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Not sure I agree with that. 'Everybody' complains about it but how many fans leave the building at the end of OT and don't watch the shootout? I would guess very few. Based on that you would not conclude shootouts are not popular.
Ii'd love to find a way to reduce them but I cannot see the NHLPA being on board with longer OT unless the league can prove that it would not result in longer games than we currently have. In other words current OT time + shoot out time (total minutes to resolve a game) have to equal the the new OT length before the players would have any incentive to change anything.
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Originally Posted by BsFaninCGY
Is there currently any rule that prevents a player from unsnapping another players chin strap? Because if not, I could see a scenario where a player (Marchand maybe? lol) tries taking another players helmet off to get them off the ice during a critical moment.
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If not then there should be. As mentioned by others, this would be an automatic 4 minute penalty in (intentional head contact), there is no reason the NHL should not have this rule too.
I'm fully on board with the mandatory leaving the ice when you lose a helmet. Put it on correctly and this isn't a problem 99.9% of the time.