Would regrouping be considered skating the puck back across the red line. Would you be able to pass it back to the goalie? I am trying to think of ways they would skirt the regroup to retain possession.
If they say no to that, what about the "oops missed the net from a bad angle and the puck went all the way down the ice play"?
I think the thing that changes the game the least is a shot clock. Works in ringette for sure. Maybe 20 seconds instead of 30 seconds. The pace of overtime would be amazing. The only issue I see is what to do if you run out of time. A 'goalie ring' would not work. Maybe, the offending team can't touch the puck until the other team has possession? Shooting the puck away after the time runs out is a delay of game.
Losing team has to fight past a bear to get off the ice. Easy Peasy.
The crowd booed lustily whenever NYI retreated last OT. Nice.
Of course, the stands are full of experts. Dude sitting next to me (who kept referring to Flames players by number because he didn't know who they were and kept having bad takes on plays) couldn't figure out why the Flames passed back to Markstrom once in OT. "What the hell was that".
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If they say no to that, what about the "oops missed the net from a bad angle and the puck went all the way down the ice play"?
I think the thing that changes the game the least is a shot clock. Works in ringette for sure. Maybe 20 seconds instead of 30 seconds. The pace of overtime would be amazing. The only issue I see is what to do if you run out of time. A 'goalie ring' would not work. Maybe, the offending team can't touch the puck until the other team has possession? Shooting the puck away after the time runs out is a delay of game.
Losing team has to fight past a bear to get off the ice. Easy Peasy.
Shot clock runs out they have to dump the puck in the corner and go back to their own zone.
I almost hate to say it, and I'm not really sure if anything has changed, but when I was a kid in minor hockey week, if a game had to have a result with a couple of minutes, they would just go to no goalies. It seems a simple solution, 5 minutes 3on3 then 5 minutes 3on3 empty nets, then shootout, if you end up with more than 4 or 5 shootouts per year I'd be shocked.
I almost hate to say it, and I'm not really sure if anything has changed, but when I was a kid in minor hockey week, if a game had to have a result with a couple of minutes, they would just go to no goalies. It seems a simple solution, 5 minutes 3on3 then 5 minutes 3on3 empty nets, the shootout, if you end up with more than 4 or 5 shootouts per year I'd be shocked.
Are you joking, lol? It's the NHL, the team that won the face off would score the empty net goal within seconds. If you think the shootout is gimmicky, no goalies is "literally flip a coin at centre ice" levels of silliness.
Ever watch empty net goals from the own zone? Most NHL players can hit an empty net without issue and under pressure from 150-200 feet, in your scenario they're like half that distance right away with only three opposition players.
