Proposed Rule Changes

[Buff]

Proposed Rule Changes

A couple of coaches challenges
Puck over glass!

The coach's challenge will allow teams to avoid a penalty for sending a puck over the glass if video review can show it struck something. But if a coach gets it wrong, a team will incur two penalties, instead of just one.

High Sticking

Another challenge was requested for "friendly fire" minor penalties for high-sticking, seeking to show it was player's own stick or a teammate's. Same as previous proposed challenge, a team will get an additional minor if the challenge fails.

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[Robbob]

I think it is now time to have an off ice official that can just confirm events for all the time it takes. It is stupid that you have a challenge a bad call on the ice. take away the goal challenges and just have that off ice official review all scoring plays or egregiously bad calls.

[Skaloper]

Originally Posted by Robbob

I think it is now time to have an off ice official that can just confirm events for all the time it takes. It is stupid that you have a challenge a bad call on the ice. take away the goal challenges and just have that off ice official review all scoring plays or egregiously bad calls.

The reason for the calls was for obvious missed calls. It has now been transformed into a nitpicking of close plays not in the spirit of the game. In the playoffs sure go to that level but during the regular season let the law of averages takeover to keep the game moving. If it's an obvious missed call a ref can see in 10 seconds on a small tablet allow that to be fixed but anything else I don't see why you can't let it slide.

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[Shazam]

Wow two pucks at once in OT. Yas!

[dino7c]

lol I was hoping for less coaching challenges...my kid is having a hard time getting into games...your team scores, you celebrate...then you wait nervously for them to drop the puck. The other team sits on their hands, even calls a timeout...then the refs take another 5 mins to confirm an obviously good goal.

[TheIronMaiden]

Originally Posted by dino7c

lol I was hoping for less coaching challenges...my kid is having a hard time getting into games...your team scores, you celebrate...then you wait nervously for them to drop the puck. The other team sits on their hands, even calls a timeout...then the refs take another 5 mins to confirm an obviously good goal.

I agree, one rule change I would love is the WHL rule where it is a good goal if the puck hits a skate, intentional or not.

[2Stonedbirds]

I always felt like puck over the glass in your own zone should be treated like icing.
Probably not a popular take.

[greyshep]

Ugh, please no more reasons to challenge and slow the game down and ruin momentum. With every move like this they take more of the fun and organic nature of hockey away.

IMO They should be removing reviews not adding more. Please start with removing offside reviews for fractions of an inch that likely have nearly zero impact to the result.

[MrMike]

Originally Posted by greyshep

Ugh, please no more reasons to challenge and slow the game down and ruin momentum. With every move like this they take more of the fun and organic nature of hockey away.

IMO They should be removing reviews not adding more. Please start with removing offside reviews for fractions of an inch that likely have nearly zero impact to the result.

I see this as speeding it up. Now the refs wont review either of these themselves, and is pretty much farming out the video review to the teams. If they challenge and lose, they get an extra penalty and it turns into a 2 minute 5 on 3, so teams will only challenge when its egregious and clearly a missed call.

Only positives for speeding up the game AND getting the call right.

[lazypucker]

We need a soccer-type VAR review system to f- things up. No more coaches challenge, but have an off ice official watching in the press box call down for missed calls.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by greyshep

Ugh, please no more reasons to challenge and slow the game down and ruin momentum. With every move like this they take more of the fun and organic nature of hockey away.

IMO They should be removing reviews not adding more. Please start with removing offside reviews for fractions of an inch that likely have nearly zero impact to the result.

I always thought they should stop blowing down icing for a faceoff. If a team commits icing, they should have to retreat back to their own zone, and the other team just takes possession. On PPs, if the defending team ices the puck, the penalty clock should freeze until the team on the PP re-enters the neutral zone.

I'd at least like to see something like that tried. I think it would be good for the flow for the game and make icing while on the PK, more of a sacrifice than a reward.

[Sylvanfan]

I'd like to see a crotch kick policy implemented for any coach who challenges something and gets it wrong.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by 2Stonedbirds

I always felt like puck over the glass in your own zone should be treated like icing.
Probably not a popular take.

Except a faceoff in your own zone is probably preferable for the defending team versus the situation that causes a panicked over the glass infraction.

I'd be OK with it being a lesser one minute penalty. Or automatic possession by the attacking team in the zone at soe designated spot.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

I always thought they should stop blowing down icing for a faceoff. If a team commits icing, they should have to retreat back to their own zone, and the other team just takes possession. On PPs, if the defending team ices the puck, the penalty clock should freeze until the team on the PP re-enters the neutral zone.

I'd at least like to see something like that tried. I think it would be good for the flow for the game and make icing while on the PK, more of a sacrifice than a reward.

Would it be delay of game or something if they don't?

[OmegaV4]

I'd be okay with adding a rule that states that you can challenge an offside goal, but only if the infraction was say within 10-15 seconds of the goal...none of this "hE wAs oFfSiDe 30 sEcoNdS aGo"

[Geeoff]

No more challenges. We need less challenges not more

[FireGilbert]

Challenges are the worst part of the game. Should be eliminated not expanded.

Also why are the refs looking at replays on a tiny tablet when every arena has a giant video screen?

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by FireGilbert

Challenges are the worst part of the game. Should be eliminated not expanded.

Also why are the refs looking at replays on a tiny tablet when every arena has a giant video screen?

Why are refs even looking. Isn't the decision made by someone else? I guess they have input.

[btimbit]

I'd hate challenges less if they implemented a firm "You have 15/20/30/whatever seconds from the whistle to challenge"

[CF84]

Originally Posted by 2Stonedbirds

I always felt like puck over the glass in your own zone should be treated like icing.
Probably not a popular take.

I'm not sure if you watched hockey when that was the rule, but it was terrible terrible hockey. Sure, the hitting was harder and the players cared about each other's safety less making for some pretty crazy hockey, but what I hated more than anything was a defending team lobbing the puck over the glass 300 times per game. Bad teams would lob that puck over the glass whenever there was any possibility of danger...over and over and over again. It was awful.



The newer way has it's warts, but it's so much better than the terrible and frustrating hockey I had to watch in my younger years because of that one simple and wretched rule.