NHL- Concerns Raised For Toronto For Lack of Goals

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“When you talk about scoring, where do you want to start?” David Poile of the Nashville Predators said. “Do you want to start with the goaltending equipment, do you want to start with all the congestion in front of the net, all the shot-blocking? How about taking out the trapezoid? We can go on and on and on.”

Ray Shero of the New Jersey Devils called scoring a “never-ending” subject at these meetings, whether it’s in light of reducing the size of goaltending equipment, making the nets bigger or changing some other part of the game.

“Basically for me it’s scoring chances,” Dale Tallon of the Florida Panthers said. “Is the game better off with more scoring or is it fine the way it is? Those are the things we have to discuss and figure out. I think that’s what we’re going to discuss in-depth in March.”

The Nashville Predators are a professional ice hockey team based in Nashville, Tennessee. The Predators compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member team of the Western Conference Central Division. The Predators joined the NHL as an expansion team in the 1998–99 season, and play their home games at Bridgestone Arena.

Very rarely are decisions made at this time, during the GMs’ post-Hall of Fame induction weekend meeting. It’s a time to set the table for the board of governors in Pebble Beach, Calif., next month and then the March GMs meeting in Boca Raton, Fla.

This was a chance for GMs to review a couple of major rule changes: three-on-three overtime and coach’s challenges. Three-on-three overtime has been overwhelmingly effective, as 70 per cent of games that go past regulation have been decided before the shootout.

“The players enjoy it, and three-on-three to me is less gimmicky than one-on-one,” Chuck Fletcher of the Minnesota Wild said.

Coach’s challenges are new to the league this season for goals scored on goaltender interference and offside plays. The first impression of the new system is good, even though GMs would like to fine-tune the system.

Campbell said beaming video replays to officials on the ice is something new, and he expects that to continue to improve. The more practice the league has, the less time it should take to make a decision.

One theory is giving the responsibility on coach’s challenges to the situation room in Toronto. That won’t be decided until the March GMs meeting, at the earliest.

A determination could come much sooner on the coach and executive compensation policy, where teams must give up draft picks to hire from rivals. It has come under fire because teams have been forced to give up second- or third-round picks to hire coaches or GMs who were previously fired.

CANADIAN PRESS   NOVEMBER 10, 2015, 5:09 PM

Source: http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/lack-of-goal-scoring-a-hot-topic-at-annual-gms-meeting/