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<blockquote data-quote="Joe" data-source="post: 464492" data-attributes="member: 9">I think you're right on that Prowler. Men are bigger faster and stronger.However what I don't like about today's men's professional game is it lacks flow and finesse. And I'm not the first person to remark on this either. I've seen other remark on this as well. Not sure what they can do - expand the size of the rink? This has been done before. Original NHL rink was only 150 ft.There's not enough room on that ice anymore. I saw one overtimes &amp; they took off 1 man to make it 4 on 4. Why can't they just make a bigger rink? The optimal size could be determined thru trial and error during exhibition games.Also perhaps discorage dumping the puck by forcing players to pass it in which would be facilitated by a wider &amp; longer rink size. Maybe make it an icing call? In football baseball soccer or basketball if the ball goes in the end zone play is dead.Expand the size behind the netThe NHL will probably need to move towards outdoor games anyways in this post covid era. 20,000 people in a stadium spaced far apart in a covered semi outdoor 60,000 seat stadium may become the norm as it appears that it's now become unsafe to hold games indoors now with people too closely huddled together.So a large stadium could definitely facilitate larger rink sizes without a loss of revenue. They had these outdoor games held in large outdoor stadiums before so they may as well make it the norm.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Joe, post: 464492, member: 9"] I think you're right on that Prowler. Men are bigger faster and stronger. However what I don't like about today's men's professional game is it lacks flow and finesse. And I'm not the first person to remark on this either. I've seen other remark on this as well. Not sure what they can do - expand the size of the rink? This has been done before. Original NHL rink was only 150 ft. There's not enough room on that ice anymore. I saw one overtimes & they took off 1 man to make it 4 on 4. Why can't they just make a bigger rink? The optimal size could be determined thru trial and error during exhibition games. Also perhaps discorage dumping the puck by forcing players to pass it in which would be facilitated by a wider & longer rink size. Maybe make it an icing call? In football baseball soccer or basketball if the ball goes in the end zone play is dead. Expand the size behind the net The NHL will probably need to move towards outdoor games anyways in this post covid era. 20,000 people in a stadium spaced far apart in a covered semi outdoor 60,000 seat stadium may become the norm as it appears that it's now become unsafe to hold games indoors now with people too closely huddled together. So a large stadium could definitely facilitate larger rink sizes without a loss of revenue. They had these outdoor games held in large outdoor stadiums before so they may as well make it the norm. [/QUOTE]

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