HF Rule Change for NHL #1: Pucks off netting stay in play

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

A while back I made a thread where posters proposed 25 changes to the league. I required ‘em to be somewhat reasonable, and started with my own somewhat outlandish one, but.. I don’t see why the netting should be treated differently than the glass at this point. And so-

Rule change #1: Deflected pucks off the netting stay in play (assuming they fall back to ice).

Reasoning: This would lead to increased zone time and pressure. More excitement. Purposeful dump-ins into the netting wouldn’t be allowed, that seems a cheat code to easy forechecks, but if the nets consistently put pucks back into play.. it’s worth exploring, at least.

Link to thread:

HF posters decide 25 rule/league changes.

There are things the league could fix or improve, right? Let’s fix ‘em. The idea is this: the first 25 posters present specific rule or league changes they’d like to see. We’ll then kinda see where the HF hive mind takes us, and if it’s potentially better than the current NHL. I’ll start...

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[JAK]

No, but extending the glass vertically half a foot might help

 

[Clint Eastwood]

I feel like bounces off the back of the net would lead to way too many crazy BS goals and chances against. Hockey is a sport of bounces, but I think that netting would make things a lot crazier than it should be and it'd be way more random on a consistent basis than any stanchion could

 

[Seras]

I want as little random as possible in the NHL

 

[BlueSeal]

Everything the previous posters said to this point. I'd be curious to see how many injuries are a result of trying to play through a puck in the pipes netting.

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

The nets are there for safety, not a cheap gimmick. If it hits the net then it's going out of play.

 

[hurdemz]

The game is fine how it is

 

[frisco]

No, but extending the glass vertically half a foot might help

I think I like this. Do you mean at sort of an angle where the glass would hang over the ice slightly (maybe a fibreglass extension) so it would direct more pucks back into play instead of having them climb right up into the netting like happens so often now?

My Best-Carey

 

[Crow]

I don’t see how you could enforce the rule that you can’t do it on purpose unless it’s only still in play off the goalie or goal and then into the net.

Just thinking out loud now - do you guys think goalies now are sometimes trying to get the puck into the netting while making a save or is it all luck?

 

[Golden_Jet]

No bad idea, not too mention nets are out of play. They are there for safety after a fan was killed, and not to put pucks back in play.

 

[JAK]

I think I like this. Do you mean at sort of an angle where the glass would hang over the ice slightly (maybe a fibreglass extension) so it would direct more pucks back into play instead of having them climb right up into the netting like happens so often now?

My Best-Carey

Just as is, straight up.
Climbing up is climbing up, it's due to go out of play.

But by extending it up half a foot, it would eliminate some puck over glass penalties and keep pucks in play slightly more often.

If a player was under pressure and just wanted to get the puck out of play, like the puck over glass penalty was intended to penalize, half a foot isn't going to affect that.

 

[Kingfan1967]

Pucks hitting the nets don't make noise, Goalies can't tract them, so pucks hitting the nets should stop play.