Insider reveals what current NHL players want removed from the game
An insider has revealed what a certain group of current NHL players want removed from the game, it's not what you think.
The National Hockey League has had a lot of faults and things wrong with the game over the years, but, still people watch and continue to root for their favourite teams as they should. However, I think there are a few things we would all change if we could.
Now, according to Elliotte Friedman and 32 Thoughts, there's a part of the game some NHLers want to see changed, the shootout.
According to Friedman, there are a handful of active NHL players that want to see the shootout either be changed or taken out of the game completely, including Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Tomas Hertl and David Pastrnak. Although Pastrnak wants to see the rule changed to allow the game winning shootout goal count for a players stats.
Honestly, I think the shootout never should've been implemented to begin with, it gave teams a chance to earn the loser point and doesn't really add much to the game as a whole. It essentially just drags the game out and makes the standing closer and more complicated.
If more players would get behind this, it would be good see how the NHL as a league would react and if this would go any further.
Source - 32 Thoughts
32 Thoughts: A collection of late off-season notes
| POLL | ||
AOUT 25 | 219 ANSWERS Insider reveals what current NHL players want removed from the game Would you like to see the NHL get rid of the shootout? | ||
| Yes | 145 | 66.2 % |
| No | 58 | 26.5 % |
| It never made sense | 16 | 7.3 % |
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