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Player6600
February 6th, 2004, 1:41:42 PM
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?id=1728723


1. More "Hockey Night in Canada"
Come to think of it, we need more than Canadian delicacies. We love the work our ESPN comrades do with NHL games; but no matter how well you paint your ceiling, it's never going to be the Sistine Chapel. And since ESPN doesn't show games on Saturday night, we don't feel traitorous asking for the CBC's "Hockey Night in Canada" broadcasts to be beamed south of the border. Hockey is never going to be a national obsession in the United States, but "Hockey Night in Canada" offers a weekly perspective on what life is like where it is. From the understated graphics to the "Satellite Hot Stove" feature, it's hockey in the game's pure form. And we need more of it.


But you can leave Don Cherry at the border.
LALAFONTAINE
February 6th, 2004, 4:12:46 PM
Don Cherry is great!

They mentioned a players' committee fixing the game, and they offered suggestions like
-eliminating the instigator (good!)
-tag up offsides (good!)
-no touch icing (good!)
-move the red line back (good!)
-make neutral ice bigger (bad)

On the whole, great suggestions.
Napalm
February 6th, 2004, 5:39:15 PM
Nice article
Buffalobro22
February 6th, 2004, 8:46:03 PM
Originally posted by LALALALALALAFONTAINE
Don Cherry is great!

They mentioned a players' committee fixing the game, and they offered suggestions like
-eliminating the instigator (good!)
-tag up offsides (good!)
-no touch icing (good!)
-move the red line back (good!)
-make neutral ice bigger (bad)

On the whole, great suggestions.

I kind of like the touch up icing, how would taking it out make it a better game?
Move the red line back? I think you mean goal lines? If you don't, I'm confused.
LALAFONTAINE
February 7th, 2004, 12:25:10 PM
Taking it out touch up icing means that you don't have to watch players slow down to touch the puck. The whistle blows instantly.

Yes, I meant the goal line.
Buffalobro22
February 7th, 2004, 12:53:10 PM
I get that, but there's some occassions when the race for the puck by a forward can actually create a scoring chance. Why would taking that out make the game better?
daryls61
February 7th, 2004, 11:54:12 PM
No red line and make the rinks bigger. It would be like the old days again.
LALAFONTAINE
February 9th, 2004, 2:33:48 PM
Originally posted by Buffalobro22
I get that, but there's some occassions when the race for the puck by a forward can actually create a scoring chance. Why would taking that out make the game better?

I can see that. I know where you are coming from with that. It's not a big issue either way with me. The argument about taking it away is that you take away the other times when it is nothing but boredom. Maybe you could have an unabated to the puck early call? I don't know.
LALAFONTAINE
February 9th, 2004, 2:34:59 PM
Originally posted by daryls61
No red line and make the rinks bigger. It would be like the old days again.

Ah yes! The gold old days of bigger rinks like the Aud, the Boston Garden and the Chicago Stadium. No way a Perreault or Orr could fly from end to end in the smaller rinks we have today.