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About This Page: This is a discussion on NHL Talk within the LetsGoKings.com forums, at Los Angeles Kings Hockey Fan Forum. That is the question.
Martin Brodeur gave his two cents to SI.com's Michael Farber.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...fly/index.html
Beyond a return to a full two-minute power play -- the success of the powerhouse
Beyond a return to a full two-minute power play -- the success of the powerhouse Montreal Canadiens of the mid-1950s forced the NHL to end minor penalties after a single power-play goal -- Brodeur thinks the team that is killing the penalty should no longer be allowed to ice the puck.
"If you ice the puck now, you can't change," Brodeur said, "so you'd get tired penalty killers out against a fresh power play. That's a better advantage [for the team with the extra skater]. It'll force [penalty killers] to flip the puck like the in old days, land it soft, without icing it. They have to manage the game better, which is also a skill."
Funny idea coming from a goalie.
I say, Martin's probably taken a few too many pucks to the head. That idea is crazy.
With all this talk about reducing goalie equipment and increasing net size, why isn't this considered more?
Go to a full two minute powerplay, regardless of whether a goal is scored. Maybe you could toss the no-icing in there as well....although maybe teams would still ice it and we'd have a whistle every ten seconds.
With all this talk about reducing goalie equipment and increasing net size, why isn't this considered more?
Go to a full two minute powerplay, regardless of whether a goal is scored. Maybe you could toss the no-icing in there as well....although maybe teams would still ice it and we'd have a whistle every ten seconds.
The full two minutes is a good idea but to have both, I think is a little extremist. Just a tad.
The icing thing has been brought up before, it might be an ok idea. I wouldn't want to see the 2 full minutes thing though. That should be reserved for major penalties. I would however like to see the powerplay percentages calculated by dividing by two minutes though, instead of "chances." That a team can go 0-1 on a powerplay that lasts one second is stupid.
The icing thing has been brought up before, it might be an ok idea. I wouldn't want to see the 2 full minutes thing though. That should be reserved for major penalties. I would however like to see the powerplay percentages calculated by dividing by two minutes though, instead of "chances." That a team can go 0-1 on a powerplay that lasts one second is stupid.
i agree with you but you'd have to decide if you do time served or the whole penalty, each would come up with different numbers.
The Natural
To ice the puck or not to ice the puck... 
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