A9L3E wrote:Good points, nino. Did not NHL reduce the maximum pad width after the lockout season of 2004-2005? Presuming I indeed remember correctly, what came of that?
I honestly don't know what came of it, but for me when it comes to pads it's the new style pads (that rotate to give a 90 degree wall when as goalie goes down, with the extra knee pad to allow the goalie to slide around on his knees) that are the problem, not so much how wide they are
A9L3E wrote:Any changes that are to be implemented should be negotiated between at least NHL and IIHF, since the last thing we need is more differences between North American and rest-of-the-world ice hockey. At least in my opinion.
I honestly don't think we're going to see much if any real change (and the chances of the NHL and IIHF "working together" in any meaningful way is about as likely as real change)
That's why I think that likely the only real legitimate potential to make a positive difference is bigger nets.....it's the simplest change to make, and doesn't require dealing with equipment manufacturing and player safety; I can't believe I'm saying it, I would have never imagined I would ever say it growing up, but I am...I think "it's gone to far now, and for to long" and there's no way of going back (so given the game's nothing like what I grew up with, changing the net size doesn't seem like such a big deal to me anymore)
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