Your favorite (on-ice) rule change

[blues2112]

Many rules have changed since I started watching in the 1970s.

Re-legalizing the two-line pass is near the top of my list.

What's yours?

[Chris2fer]

Two for me, one is the return of the tag up offsides, that helped with the trap. Second, puck over the glass from defensive zone equals delay of game. Forces the puck to stay in play more often.

[MikoTython]

Not trying to over-legislate goalie interference (crease 'violations'). Really is a judgement call.

non on-ice - the cap.

[bluetunehead]

Two-line pass is a huge one. Totally opens up the offense.

[somni]

1) The over the glass penalty. One of the few objective penalties. It forces the play to the middle. No more judgement calls of delay of game while Chelios talks his way out of it.

2) Two-lane pass. The game is faster and more exciting.

[BalotelliMassive]

I focus on hate.

I hate seeing a great goal scored only to be called back because the offense was offside by a split hair forty-nine seconds earlier. There's nothing better for the viewing public than a five minute delay where the announcers don't know if it's good or not based off of some loose rulebook understanding.

[bluetunehead]

I focus on hate.

I hate seeing a great goal scored only to be called back because the offense was offside by a split hair forty-nine seconds earlier. There's nothing better for the viewing public than a five minute delay where the announcers don't know if it's good or not based off of some loose rulebook understanding.

The way they're handling offsides reviews is horrible. Going frame-by-frame to determine whether a skate is a half inch off the ice is insane.

Give the linesmen on the ice a minute to look at replays going at normal speed. That's it. If it's not blatant enough to overturn then so be it. The human eye doesn't work in slow-mo. Offsides review should only exist to prevent the obvious stuff like the Matt Duchene goal from a decade ago:

[kimzey59]

The trapezoid.
Imagine trying to forecheck against a guy like Binny if he could play the puck anywhere in the zone. It would be as boring as 3on3 for the full 60 minutes.

It might be good for us right now, but karma would catch up at some point (and you know what they say about karma).

[MrPostman01]

Eliminate the offsides. It should perk up scoring.

[Pierre McGuire]

I feel like eliminating the two line pass has really stifled creativity from the players entering the offensive zone.

[bluetunehead]

I feel like eliminating the two line pass has really stifled creativity from the players entering the offensive zone.

Two-line passes are currently allowed.

[Pierre McGuire]

I feel like eliminating the two line pass has really stifled creativity from the players entering the offensive zone.

Two-line passes are currently allowed.

lol..you know what I mean

[jwstlsan]

Many rules have changed since I started watching in the 1970s.

Re-legalizing the two-line pass is near the top of my list.

What's yours?

That’s a good one, it totally changed the game for the better!

[zamadoo]

This is tough. Maybe I'm related to Garth ("we fear change"), but I am not a fan of some of the changes that've been made in my lifetime.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like they changed rules that were in existence for the first almost 100 years. Seems like that interferes with the integrity of the game, IMO.

The delay of game rule makes sense - but then at the same time you have the broken stick rule, and it seems like more times than not a weakly broken stick breaks the spirit of the rule, and, well sticks are weaker nowadays.

Anyways, to stay on task for the thread, I'll say maybe my favorite rule (when properly applied) is the instigator. I love fights and hope they never get rid of them, but it takes two to tango.

[Red7]

Whether it’s the instigator rule or whatever, I like the changes that have eliminated much of the gratuitous fighting. Don’t get me wrong, I still enjoy the spontaneous hockey fights that are the natural result of a physical game, but I grow tired of the fights designed to fire up a team/crowd. I think it’s ridiculous when they let the two players circle around before they start to throw punches. If they have time to do that, the linesmen have to break it up and stop it.

[rezero]

Two for me, one is the return of the tag up offsides, that helped with the trap. Second, puck over the glass from defensive zone equals delay of game. Forces the puck to stay in play more often.

The over the glass in defensive zone is one I hate as it seems we get more of those than other teams.