SaveByRichter35 Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Quote One year ago, NHL GMs considered changing the offside rule, making it so that “breaking the plane” above the blue line was the deciding factor — like with an NFL touchdown — as opposed to getting your skate down on the ice. They decided to wait and see how this year went. There’s momentum to go ahead, make the change at next month’s meetings, feeling the number of reviews could drop by half if the rule is amended. Anything that speeds up the process and adds goals is a win. http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/30-thoughts-decision-galchenyuk-looms-canadiens/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hills Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 See, this is tough for me, since I think the current way is great for making players do dramatic things to stay onside with flexibility and skating ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaveByRichter35 Posted February 21, 2017 Author Share Posted February 21, 2017 21 hours ago, Hills said: See, this is tough for me, since I think the current way is great for making players do dramatic things to stay onside with flexibility and skating ability. Agreed. I would just like to see them get rid of the off sides challenge. The linesmen get it right 99.9% of the time. Reviewing the play where a guy's skate is on the right side of the blue line but not actually touching the ice is just getting ridiculous and wasting time. I understand that it is technically off sides but come on. They're looking for any way possible to add scoring to the game and this rule is doing the exact opposite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunnyman666 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 How many goals has the Offsides Challenge overturned? It's silly, just like back when if the tip of your skate touched the crease, the goal would be null. Of course Hull's skate was a mile in the crease and the Stars won the Cup, but the refs were tired and it was two, three overtimes? I like the heroic ways that players try to stay on side, myself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaveByRichter35 Posted February 22, 2017 Author Share Posted February 22, 2017 Yea completely agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaveByRichter35 Posted March 8, 2017 Author Share Posted March 8, 2017 Aaaaaaaaaand looks like they are going to keep it the way it is for the time being. "Keeping the status quo" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hills Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Well, they are giving a 2 minute penalty if it is a failed offside challenge, would should cause less challenges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaveByRichter35 Posted September 8, 2017 Author Share Posted September 8, 2017 Hope so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doobiesnax Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 On 08/09/2017 at 7:38 AM, Hills said: Well, they are giving a 2 minute penalty if it is a failed offside challenge, would should cause less challenges. I think this would be a great idea... or lose a time out like in football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hills Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 18 hours ago, Doobiesnax said: I think this would be a great idea... or lose a time out like in football. They were already charged a timeout if it was an incorrect challenge for offsides, which coaches would end up calling a challenge regardless to get more than a 30 second time out. This rule should stop a lot of challenges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doobiesnax Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 you are correct! This is another one they tacked on for this season to help the flow "The NHL also added another small rule to how teams utilize their timeouts. No longer will coaches be able to call timeouts after icings. Opposing teams will still be able to, but teams that ice the puck will not be able to rest their defenders" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaveByRichter35 Posted September 15, 2017 Author Share Posted September 15, 2017 5 hours ago, Doobiesnax said: you are correct! This is another one they tacked on for this season to help the flow "The NHL also added another small rule to how teams utilize their timeouts. No longer will coaches be able to call timeouts after icings. Opposing teams will still be able to, but teams that ice the puck will not be able to rest their defenders" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTH Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Because the games aren't long enough now. Now I have to hear the announcers discuss more rules and risks to challenges... ugh. "Fastest game on earth" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockey School Dropout Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 11 hours ago, MTH said: Because the games aren't long enough now. Now I have to hear the announcers discuss more rules and risks to challenges... ugh. "Fastest game on earth" Still less stopping than in football. Or baseball. Or golf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPv6Freely Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 12 hours ago, MTH said: Because the games aren't long enough now. Now I have to hear the announcers discuss more rules and risks to challenges... ugh. "Fastest game on earth" Implementing this would speed it up though because you wouldn’t need a 10 min review whether his skate blade was slightly in the air or not. 1 hour ago, Hockey School Dropout said: Still less stopping than in football. Or baseball. Or golf. There’s actually not much stopping in televised golf. Usually go right from one shot to another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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