Hah. That lasted long.
I wonder at what point there became such an attitude towards games with high amounts of penalties being unbearable to watch?
In 1987-88, teams averaged 5.5 PP's per game. That means in many games teams would have had 7-8-9 or ten PP's.
I'm a little young, but did fans moan about too may PP's back then when it was common to see 6-7 PP's per team?
I really don't mind it. I think more PP's in a game generally means that the better players get more icetime at ES than they would in a game with less special teams.
You always hear coaches talk about how they need to stay out of the box so they can "roll four lines". While I don't mind watching bottom sixers slog away out there, (They have their moments), I'd rather see the top six go at it.
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