Return of the dead puck era?

[Hockeysawks]

Like the 80’s all of the “new NHL” Dmen and forwards are fast and skilled.
Once the playoffs start the big tough Dmen rule the land and the power forwards are gaining popularity to combat the larger Dmen.
Will an arms race result in GM’s drafting bigger and bigger?

 

[The Grim Reaper]

The DPE had more to do with the refs swallowing their whistles than the size of the players.

 

[Coffee]

The DPE had more to do with the refs swallowing their whistles than the size of the players.

A bizarre comment is what most would judge this post by. But I completely agree

 

[Silky Johnson]

Neutral zone trap, the elimination of the tag up offside rule and refs deciding interference was cool were the trifecta of reasons.

 

[Stephen]

Offensive skill vs defense and physicality are always going to be in an arms race against each other, and both extremes will take turns holding the upper hand dictating how the game is to be played, how championships are won. It's not that special.

 

[HansonBro]

Like the 80’s all of the “new NHL” Dmen and forwards are fast and skilled.
Once the playoffs start the big tough Dmen rule the land and the power forwards are gaining popularity to combat the larger Dmen.
Will an arms race result in GM’s drafting bigger and bigger?

Which power forwards do you speak of? There's hardly any left

 

[Golden_Jet]

Like the 80’s all of the “new NHL” Dmen and forwards are fast and skilled.
Once the playoffs start the big tough Dmen rule the land and the power forwards are gaining popularity to combat the larger Dmen.
Will an arms race result in GM’s drafting bigger and bigger?

That has nothing to do with DPE though.

Neutral zone trap, the elimination of the tag up offside rule and refs deciding interference was cool were the trifecta of reasons.

Neutral zone trap still exists for most teams.

 

[Silky Johnson]

That has nothing to do with DPE though.


Neutral zone trap still exists for most teams.

It's in most teams arsenal, well 1-3-1.

NZT was less effective after red line elimination and trapezoid.

It's use was definitely a factor in the DPE.

 

[AvroArrow]

If the playoffs going forward are gonna be called like these finals have so far then no.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Neutral zone trap still exists for most teams.

We’ll yeah its a fundamental hockey tactic. The real point the poster was making is teams can’t rely on that anymore to ‘trap’ their way to success and deep playoff runs anymore, which is largely true.

 

[Hisch13r]

No.

 

[AlwaysSunnyInTampa]

Well if you ask Brett Hull it was because of expansion teams watering down the 90's

*Sees highest scoring era in 20 years immediately after expansion and guys like Jagr having 100+ point seasons in the DPE*


It won't happen any time soon. Oh yeah and Brett is dumb for saying that

 

[Satoru Gojo]

League scoring this was 3.18, so not even close to DPE

 

[Hockeysawks]

That has nothing to do with DPE though.


Neutral zone trap still exists for most teams.

Teams going over the top trying to get big D followed by bigger wingers followed by bigger and bigger absolutely had huge contributions to the dead puck era.
The small Karlsson type became less and less in demand

League scoring this was 3.18, so not even close to DPE

Umm it’s going to take 4 or 5 years before any shift would start then another 4 or 5 till peak. Those draft picks take time
I will bump this thread in 2030

 

[Golden_Jet]

Teams going over the top trying to get big D followed by bigger wingers followed by bigger and bigger absolutely had huge contributions to the dead puck era.
The small Karlsson type became less and less in demand

No, the DPE was because of no cap, so teams that didn’t have the talent, only relied on turnovers, To create chances, and just sat back the whole time, irregardless of size. Scoring has been increasing the last 4-5 years.

 

[Golden_Jet]

Teams going over the top trying to get big D followed by bigger wingers followed by bigger and bigger absolutely had huge contributions to the dead puck era.
The small Karlsson type became less and less in demand


Umm it’s going to take 4 or 5 years before any shift would start then another 4 or 5 till peak. Those draft picks take time
I will bump this thread in 2030

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[Prairie Habs]

Like the 80’s all of the “new NHL” Dmen and forwards are fast and skilled.
Once the playoffs start the big tough Dmen rule the land and the power forwards are gaining popularity to combat the larger Dmen.
Will an arms race result in GM’s drafting bigger and bigger?

Were dmen and forwards all fast and skilled in the 80's or did it have to do with teams pulling a different random fan to from the crowd every night tp play goalie? Not too many goals sliding in along the ice from the blue line these days.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Florida is #29 in height and #32 in weight.

Edmonton is #1 in height and #3 in weight.


I think we’re safe.

 

[HTFN]

Florida is #29 in height and #32 in weight.

Edmonton is #1 in height and #3 in weight.


I think we’re safe.

Oh that's even worse, that means we're in the Mean Player Era. Toronto fans gonna hate that even more than they currently hate Sam Bennett.

 

[Oddbob]

That has nothing to do with DPE though.


Neutral zone trap still exists for most teams.

No it doesn't. In the DPE you couldn't do anything there.

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

Like the 80’s all of the “new NHL” Dmen and forwards are fast and skilled.
Once the playoffs start the big tough Dmen rule the land and the power forwards are gaining popularity to combat the larger Dmen.
Will an arms race result in GM’s drafting bigger and bigger?

Did you miss the early to mid 2010s

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Which power forwards do you speak of? There's hardly any left

New age power forwards where you don't even have to be sizeable, just heavy and score.

Timo Meier is referred to as a power forward and that's 100% new age PF

 

[SnuggaRUDE]

DPE had considerably higher PPO opportunities than the cap era has so far (05-06 excepted). Power play effectiveness was way worse.

Scoring in the teens was actually lower than DPE if you remove the bump from EN goals.

 

[Djp]

Florida is #29 in height and #32 in weight.

Edmonton is #1 in height and #3 in weight.


I think we’re safe.

Which one has the highest density?

 

[SEALBound]

Any time this sort of question is discussion, there should be a pre-qual that asks "did you watch hockey in the late 90's, early 2000s?"