Why doesn't the league allow an injured player to be replaced during the game ?

[rocketdan9]

It wouldnt be allowed during the period but from the beginning of a period

In case a player is injured, why cant an extra replace him?

Every team based sport allows some form of substitution except for the nhl

I think at least due to injury one forward or one D should be allowed to be substituted

Proposed rule

-only one forward or one D can be substituted due to injury only
-can't replace a D with a forward or forward with a D
-timeout will be lost

 

[HanSolo]

I agree with this.

I have never understood why a team suffering an injury should carry the same adverse effect as a team getting a red card in soccer.

 

[JoVel]

I agree with this.

I have never understood why a team suffering an injury should carry the same adverse effect as a team getting a red card in soccer.

You're not forced to play with four skaters at a time even if your team suffers an injury.

 

[Khelandros]

It wouldnt be allowed during the period but from the beginning of a period

In case a player is injured, why cant an extra replace him?

Every team based sport allows some form of substitution except for the nhl

I think at least due to injury one forward or one D should be allowed to be substituted

Proposed rule

-only one forward or one D can be substituted due to injury only
-can't replace a D with a forward or forward with a D
-timeout will be lost

Before every game, the roster is submitted, It lists all available players for the game. It's rule 7.1 in the book. This would need to be amended for substitutions to work.

 

[ACC1224]

It wouldnt be allowed during the period but from the beginning of a period

In case a player is injured, why cant an extra replace him?

Every team based sport allows some form of substitution except for the nhl

I think at least due to injury one forward or one D should be allowed to be substituted

Proposed rule

-only one forward or one D can be substituted due to injury only
-can't replace a D with a forward or forward with a D
-timeout will be lost

They do, which ones?

 

[rosscow]

Name a sport that allows you to go dress another player when someone gets hurt mid game. Football no. Baseball no. Basketball no. Volleyball no. Soccer no. Rugby no.

 

[Midnight Judges]

I think this is a neat idea but without certain controls it would be ripe for abuse.

Fatigue is a huge factor in hockey. Teams could game it to bring in a fresh player.

 

[rocketdan9]

Name a sport that allows you to go dress another player when someone gets hurt mid game. Football no. Baseball no. Basketball no. Volleyball no. Soccer no. Rugby no.

What?? All these sports have extras

The extras are allowed to be substituted injuries or not

 

[X66]

I always thought the league should let you carry 13 and 7 dmen on the bench if you want to.

Not only does it give you the injury insurance, it gives you another option for certain scenarios(PP/PK specialist etc) and can help change up the look on your line up with some line changes.

 

[easton117]

I think this is s neat idea but without certain controls it would be ripe for abuse.

Fatigue is a huge factor in hockey. Teams could game it to bring in a fresh player.

That’s not a big deal imo. In fairness we are talking about the 7th or 8th dman and 13th or 14th forward in the system

Not exactly game changers.

Being down to 5 dmen is rough on any team. If the change was made for dmen only I’d be fine with it if the league went that route.

 

[kingsholygrail]

It would require rosters to be expanded.

 

[HanSolo]

You're not forced to play with four skaters at a time even if your team suffers an injury.

But every player on the bench is expected to play. So effectively you're playing with one less guy. If it's a fourth liner no big deal, but if it's a defenseman you need to rotate your lineup constantly.

 

[Midnight Judges]

That’s not a big deal imo. In fairness we are talking about the 7th or 8th dman and 13th or 14th forward in the system

Not exactly game changers.

Being down to 5 dmen is rough on any team. If the change was made for dmen only I’d be fine with it if the league went that route.

Eh maybe.

This is a huge outlier but I went to the triple overtime Caps/Rangers playoff game years ago. I was sitting second row behind the glass.

In 3OT those guys were skating at half speed. Every single player was dog tired and drenched in sweat. Any fresh scrub would have been torching people at that point.

 

[danpantz]

This is tough. Could get manipulated real fast.

Say your #6 defenseman or a 4th line forward is having a terrible game to the point where he’s benched. Why wouldn’t a team just say he’s hurt to replace him?

 

[heretik27]

I think this is a neat idea but without certain controls it would be ripe for abuse.

Fatigue is a huge factor in hockey. Teams could game it to bring in a fresh player.

How good is this imaginary player riding the pine for 2 periods every game going to realistically be?

 

[rocketdan9]

That’s not a big deal imo. In fairness we are talking about the 7th or 8th dman and 13th or 14th forward in the system

Not exactly game changers.

Being down to 5 dmen is rough on any team. If the change was made for dmen only I’d be fine with it if the league went that route.

Exactly

 

[rocketdan9]

This is tough. Could get manipulated real fast.

Say your #6 defenseman or a 4th line forward is having a terrible game to the point where he’s benched. Why wouldn’t a team just say he’s hurt to replace him?

Not allowed. If caught fine for team, privilege taken away

You do also lose a timeout

And who is to the the new player wont be lost as well

 

[rosscow]

What?? All these sports have extras

The extras are allowed to be substituted injuries or not

And in hockey they get substituted every roughly 40 seconds. If a center gets injured do they play a man down or is he replaced by another center? Same as every sport.

 

[rocketdan9]

And in hockey they get substituted every roughly 40 seconds. If a center gets injured do they play a man down or is he replaced by another center? Same as every sport.

No

Baseball, Soccer etc there are extras who dont play who are eligible to be substituted in

This is the difference

 

[Machinehead]

It would suck to be that player and have to sit around in your equipment, but it's not a bad idea.

 

[Midnight Judges]

Not allowed. If caught fine for team, privilege taken away

You could never prove somebody didn't get hurt.

 

[danpantz]

You could never prove somebody didn't get hurt.

Exactly. Just say he had a lower body injury and you’re in the clear.

 

[rosscow]

No

Baseball, Soccer etc there are extras who dont play who are eligible to be substituted in

This is the difference

It's no difference. Come playoff time the 4th line of most teams will be lucky to get 5 min a game. Someone gets hurt you have 3 guys that are rested and ready. Every nhl player can play every 3rd shift for one game and play it at 100%. Dman can play a 30 min game once in a while if needed. It's not the end of the world.

The nhl is a mans game not a particpatation award game.

 

[SotasicA]

There's already a bench full of spare players. Having to dress extra guys every night just for the hell of it sounds dumb. Rather them sit in the press box and enjoy soda pop and ice cream and relax. It's a mental drain to not know whether you end up playing or not. Or you'd just have like a local kid provided by the home team, sitting in gear somewhere, like that Chicago accountant/goalie?

-can't replace a D with a forward or forward with a D

That's a weird one. Who decides who is a forward or not? What if you want to play a D-man as a winger? What if you claim this forward will play D? How do you prove he won't? Maybe in our defensive system, on some lines, our defensemen play higher up and cover more of the center ice etc...

 

[Finnish your Czech]

But every player on the bench is expected to play. So effectively you're playing with one less guy. If it's a fourth liner no big deal, but if it's a defenseman you need to rotate your lineup constantly.

Having one fewer bench player in hockey is not the same impact as losing one player on the pitch in soccer. Pretty much any game with a red card completely turns around the game. If your #1 D gets injured it affects the game but it doesn't completely change the game.