-Central Scouting ranks the top 30 players.
-The number one ranked player goes to the podium and announces who he wants to play for.
- This continues until the 30th ranked player has chosen.
-As soon as a team is selected they can not be selected again in the first round unless they have another pick awarded via a trade.
-The second round will start with the worst finishing team, just as it used to be.
Right now a great player is "rewarded" after years of dominating the game by being sent to somewhere they likely don't want to go.
The TV coverage of this event is currently not exciting. Who didn't already know that Edmonton was going to take McDavid. BUT what team would McDavid had picked if he had the chance? Hometown? Best chance of playing? Playing with his idol? Somewhere warm?
Teams would be less concerned about tanking than being a good organization to play for.
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Not allowing the goalies to play the puck anywhere behind the goal line, no trapezoid
Oh, so you hate goals? You don't want to see goalies flubbing the puck in the corner, and not being able to return to his net in time, leading to a goal?
I swear to Christ, the NHL is so backward.
A goalie should be able to play a puck wherever the hell he chooses.
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The one small tweak that I can't believe hasn't happened yet is to alter icing so it no longer effects missed passes in the neutral zone. When you're out of your own zone you're no longer really "icing" the puck, you just f'd up a forward pass.
Think you'd get more speed on the forecheck if you could pass your blueline and hammer it in and chase it.
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The one small tweak that I can't believe hasn't happened yet is to alter icing so it no longer effects missed passes in the neutral zone. When you're out of your own zone you're no longer really "icing" the puck, you just f'd up a forward pass.
Think you'd get more speed on the forecheck if you could pass your blueline and hammer it in and chase it.
I would add to that and say what is wrong with intentionally icing the puck in hopes your forward can retrieve it and start a cycle? It sure beats a whistle and faceoff. The Sedin's started pioneering that until the dumb hybrid rule came into effect.
1. Goalie Equipment
2. Get rid of the trapezoid. Let goalies wander to play the puck
3. When a team begins a period on the powerplay, have the faceoff in the defending team's end, not at centre - the PP is already broken by the intermission so put the faceoff back in the offensive zone where it started.
4. Put a box in front of each bench, from the boards 1 metre out. A player cannot touch the ice until the player coming off has part of a skate inside that box. Prevents cheating off a line change and makes "Too Many Men" calls less discretionary.
5. Open play after a penalty shot. Put the puck on the offensive blue line. All skaters other than the shooter are stationary behind the red line and can skate when the shooter touches the puck (the shooter can take a run up). There's a bit more pressure and if the shooter misses the shot play just carries on. No stoppage unless the normal stuff occurs (puck out of play, goalie covers, scores, etc.).
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-Central Scouting ranks the top 30 players.
-The number one ranked player goes to the podium and announces who he wants to play for.
- This continues until the 30th ranked player has chosen.
-As soon as a team is selected they can not be selected again in the first round unless they have another pick awarded via a trade.
-The second round will start with the worst finishing team, just as it used to be.
Right now a great player is "rewarded" after years of dominating the game by being sent to somewhere they likely don't want to go.
The TV coverage of this event is currently not exciting. Who didn't already know that Edmonton was going to take McDavid. BUT what team would McDavid had picked if he had the chance? Hometown? Best chance of playing? Playing with his idol? Somewhere warm?
Teams would be less concerned about tanking than being a good organization to play for.
So Toronto and New York swap years picking 1st overall. Nice.
Winnipeg picks 30th every season.
This is a balanced and fair approach. It will help league parity a ton.
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-Central Scouting ranks the top 30 players.
-The number one ranked player goes to the podium and announces who he wants to play for.
- This continues until the 30th ranked player has chosen.
-As soon as a team is selected they can not be selected again in the first round unless they have another pick awarded via a trade.
-The second round will start with the worst finishing team, just as it used to be.
Right now a great player is "rewarded" after years of dominating the game by being sent to somewhere they likely don't want to go.
The TV coverage of this event is currently not exciting. Who didn't already know that Edmonton was going to take McDavid. BUT what team would McDavid had picked if he had the chance? Hometown? Best chance of playing? Playing with his idol? Somewhere warm?
Teams would be less concerned about tanking than being a good organization to play for.
While it would be great for ratings in high-demand markets, it would tank parity. No thanks
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So Toronto and New York swap years picking 1st overall. Nice.
Winnipeg picks 30th every season.
This is a balanced and fair approach. It will help league parity a ton.
Not to mention the pandering and grovelling teams will do. Think some young players have entitlement issues now? Imagine picks holding out unless guaranteed a starting spot in the NHL.
I know I'm 10th overall, but you will give me a starting spot and the max ELC.
- Minor penalties last a full 2 minutes, regardless of whether the other team scores on the powerplay.
- No icing the puck on the penalty kill.
- Players cannot leave their feet to block a shot.
Open up the game more. Make penalties more important.
As a result, we'll likely see less penalties overall, but a less restricted game because players don't want to take an infraction. It will be much harder to prevent a goal on the PK.
I like the suggestion from Eric D to remove assistant coaches from the bench. The game is over-coached. Remove head sets so they can't coach from above.
Great post and something I bring up every time this discussion arises. We can change all the rules, equipment and rink size all we want. However the #1 reason the game is how it is now is because it is over coached. 10 coaches watching from high above that can see the patterns in play. Radio messages being relayed to the benches. Adjustments are made on the fly. Short of banning certain defensive minded coaches like Hitchcock or Tippett, get rid of radio communication from above.
Reducing goalie equipment isn't going to increase scoring chances. Changing the rules on coaching is.
1. Remove trapezoid penalty, but put some electronics and tracking on goalie, and when they enter the corners, there is a 20% chance they will be have their blades fall off
2. remove one defensive position and create a new position called Bludger - remove this players hockey stick and give them boxing gloves. This player would not be subject to roughing minors.
3. Only allow protective equipment from the knees up for all skaters
4. No actual stoppages of play, including end of periods. Goalies need to change ends while play is live.
5. Instead of shoot out, three staged fights
6. Electronics in goalie glove that sends a jolt to goalies hand as long as puck is in glove
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Ice dimensions - I could get on board with making the ice wider. Not longer though.
Get rid of the shoot out. Go to sudden death 3 on 3 OT.
Stop letting penalized teams ice the puck.
Off ice - make the draft lottery a true lottery with less weight given to bottom feeders. I realize they are doing this now, but I don't think it goes far enough.
Making the surface wider would just encourage teams to collapse and block shots even more while the attacking team passed around the outside. No bueno.
Bolded, interesting idea, but would make special teams even more deadly and probably increase the problem of embellishment.
I'm on board with making goalie equipment smaller.
So you are saying a team that collects a bunch of first overall picks will become unbeatable?
I'm saying that when the Rangers and Leafs are picking in the top 3 every year, regardless of whether they've made the playoffs or not, it's not a fair system. This is an unquestionable unfair advantage for teams that don't need it. This is inarguable.
There are a lot of things managers of hockey teams cannot control about their city.
Only 2 or 3 Canadian teams would be viable under this format (Toronto, Montreal, maybe Vancouver). Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, and Ottawa would be picking 25-30. Every year.
I'm saying that when the Rangers and Leafs are picking in the top 3 every year, regardless of whether they've made the playoffs or not, it's not a fair system. This is an unquestionable unfair advantage for teams that don't need it. This is inarguable.
There are a lot of things managers of hockey teams cannot control about their city.
Only 2 or 3 Canadian teams would be viable under this format (Toronto, Montreal, maybe Vancouver). Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, and Ottawa would be picking 25-30. Every year.
It confuses me that a Flames fan would want this.
I realize it was heavily flawed. There would be no way it would ever be considered. My points were that the current system is rewarding tankers and that the players are almost being punished for being good.
However, what makes you think Toronto and New York would be the automatic first choices? They wouldn't be mine.
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Honestly, a serious answer, either find a way to improve, or just get rid of the coaches challenge altogether. As much I think the league needs expanded video review on certain plays, the way they did it this year was terribly executed. Slows the game down a ton to remove a goal that was just barely offside, to the point that you couldn't even tell without a slow motion replay. Ugh.
It's a simple fix, use the same system as they do to measure sticks. Let the coaches challenge anything but if they are wrong they take a 2min delay of game penalty. That would eliminate 90% of the time wasting challenges. You'd have to put a time limit between challenges or something to keep it from being abused though. Tying challenges to time outs is dumb.
