NHL Potential Plans Similar to Roller Hockey?

**born2runPROgm** · 06-12-2005, 10:37 AM

Just curious, has anyone else noticed some of the parallels between the potential NHL changes and the game of roller hockey. I was watching NHL.com's video of the NHL "concept camp" that was just run to work on ways to increase scoring and action. These are just a few of the similarities...

-4 on 4 concept: recently reccomended by Ken Dryden
-new offsides rules: they experimented with the concept that's very similar to whats used in MLRH as well as not having offsides at all, among others.
-blue ice: looks very similar to sport court. Used this season in NY, in AHL
-severe evforcement of all obstruction calls (cleans up the game. Makes the flow look more similar to RH)
-shoot-out: instead of OT, or in addition to.

Just interesting to think, if these concepts were to be used in the NHL, we would have the RHI on ice.... in some ways.
Hopefully some will be implemented to make the game fun to watch again. Let the guys like Forseberg, Sakic, Lemieux etc. have a chance to display their talent, and let brodeur and the other goalies with trapping defenses earn a check :-) jk.. (Not to take anything away from Brodeur, & other goalies but lets face it... if todays goalies were playing in 1993 NHL, the GAA averages would probably not be as low.)

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**Drew10** · 06-12-2005, 12:03 PM

http://www.nhl.com/intheslot/read/fe...pm_060705.html

**born2runPROgm** · 06-12-2005, 02:06 PM

sorry, i might have the "boston" and "bowman" plans mixed up a bit.

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**RichardGraham** · 06-12-2005, 02:07 PM

Hi,

You make some great points.

In the URL Drew10 pointed out below, there's also a sidebar on the story entitled:

"First day of R&D camp sets wheels in motion."

Coincidence? [img]/wtimages/icons/wink.gif[/img]

Sincerely,

Richard Graham
Editor
Inline Hockey Central

**wolves89** · 06-12-2005, 03:48 PM

nothing could be worse for the NHL then to go to roller hockey rules... if the NHL wants to keep fan base and interest and eliminate the "TRAP" and such defenses, they should just stop expanding... the league expands and then has a garbage team in a city like columbus, ohio and the only option for this team to compete is to trap... IMO giving roller hockey rules to the NHL would ruin the sport

i'm not slow, i'm patient

**wolves89** · 06-12-2005, 03:50 PM

also you can't say that their GAA's would be higher back then, that's like saying that if gretzky played now he wouldn't have been the great one that we percieve him to be, because he would get knocked around.

i'm not slow, i'm patient