Leave the rules alone and simply assign and off-ice official with a radio to the senior referee's earpiece. Clutching and grabbing (more than the norm) will get called more often resulting in more PP's and eventually more goals. The players will do one of two things, they will clean it up and you will see the skilled players with more room get to scoring areas and start putting up points, or they will keep with the dirty and the man advantages will continue and more goals will ensue.SKYO wrote:Change nothing, game is fine as it is, maybe if Bettman quits expanding the NHL thereby diluting the talent in the game, maybe then they'd be more powerhouses which in turn = more scoring.
Should have some flexibility in the cap as well so powerhouse teams can keep their talent longer.
The NHL hellbent on creating equality across the league is what is hampering the game as well, they are already giving Vegas great odds in improving quickly.
So one can say this is Bettman's failure and lack of oversight that is causing mediocrity across the league.
Start CALLING THE GAME according to the EXISTING rulebook, don't put the whistles away!
We all saw the scoring bump after the 2004 lockout. It was league-wide. Goal scoring began to regress noticeably after 2011 when the league went back to the style that favoured the big bad Bruins, Kings, and Sharks. Goaltending didn't get better, defensemen didn't get better, there aren't really any new strategies or formations being deployed.....they just slowed things down again and tried to level the playing field by hampering skill in favour of brute strength.